Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) cause widespread dieback in the canopy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nelson Coast temperate forests] Reference

Today, the biggest threats to the kauri forests are natural senescence and browsing by brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate kauri forests] Reference

Response of selected tree species to culling of introduced Australian brushtail possums Trichosurus vulpecula at Waipoua Forest, Northland, New Zealand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate kauri forests] Reference

Rats (Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus), mustelids (Mustela erminea, M. nivalis, and M. putorius), and possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) prey on birds or bird eggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fiordland temperate forests] Reference

Control programs target possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), goats (Capra hircus), Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus), and red deer (Cervus elaphus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands] Reference

In addition, there has been marked reduction in the range of the Carpentarian antechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus VU) and brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mitchell grass downs] Reference

Australian common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) are a significant problem nationally and cause most vegetation damage in the vulnerable coastal forest remnants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richmond temperate forests] Reference

In existing protected areas (including forested and subalpine regions), introduced predators, primarily rats, stoats, and possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), pose the greatest risks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Westland temperate forests] Reference

Pigs, wild cattle, horses, goats, Australian brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), as well as smaller animals, such as rats and mice have all been harmful to the native biota of the Chatham Islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatham Island temperate forests] Reference

Introduced deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) browse heavily on native vegetation, and have significantly affected both the understory and the canopy of Rakiura's forests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rakiura Island temperate forests] Reference

A brushtail possum There's little doubt that New Zealand's 70 million nonnative possums, known to science as Trichosurus vulpecula, are chewing up endangered native flora and chomping on kiwi eggs to devastating effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Problem] Reference

These include rat Rattus rattus, stoat Mustela erminea and cat Felis catus as predators, and herbivores such as rabbit Oryctalagus cuniculus, hare Lepus sp., brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula, and red deer Cervus elaphus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tongariro National Park, New Zealand] Reference

However, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus (R), burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur (R) and common brush-tail possum Trichosurus vulpecula have been eradicated in the past 80 years although reintroduction is being considered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia] Reference

Closed forests are inhabited by three species of arboreal mammals, common ring-tail possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus, common brush-tail possum Trichosurus vulpecula and eastern pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus, and many birds such as endemic green rosella Platycercus caledonicus and swift parrot Lathamus discolor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia] Reference

A number of mammalian species have been introduced, including rats Muridae, stoat Mustela erminea, fallow deer Cervus dama, wapiti (red deer) Cervus elaphus, Himalayan thar Hemitragus jemlahicus, goat Capra sp., chamois Rupicapra rupicapra, pigs Sus sp. and possum Trichosurus vulpecula, with severe ecological impacts discussed below.    From Wordnik.com.  [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference

The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU).    From Wordnik.com.  [Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia] Reference

Anomalurus derbianus, scaly-tailed flying squirrel; (h) Trichosurus vulpecula, common brushtail possum; (i) Bathyergus suillus, Cape dune mole-rat; (j) Atherurus africanus, brush-tailed porcupine; (k) Castor canadensis, beaver; (l) Microtus pennsylvanicus, meadow vole, shown with a partially uncoiled large bowel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Peraxilla tetapetala and P. colensi) which grow on beech trees are also present but are threatened by possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) which browse heavily on all mistletoe species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate forests] Reference

Trichosurus vulpecula (AY271265: Trvu-DBB; AF312029.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

T en of the species surveyed showed significant decline with the hardest hit including the northern quoll, (Dasyurus hallucatus), fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus, northern bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), and the pale field-rat (Rattus tunneyi).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mongabay.com News] Reference