Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Metatheria Huxley, 1880 see Infraclass Metatheria Huxley, 1880
                 Order Marsupialia Jameson, 1818 - marsupials see Cohort Marsupialia Jameson, 1818
                   Family Phalangeridae Thomas, 1888 - possums and cuscuses
                     Subfamily Phalangerinae Thomas, 1888
                       Genus Trichosurus Lesson, 1828 - brush-tailed possums
                         1 Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792) - common brushtail possum
                         2 Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1835[1836]) - mountain brushtail possum