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The brush tail possum is among the family Phalangeridae being the regular variety of the possum found in New Zealand. It is the species called Trichosurus Vulpecula. These imported pests from Australia came into the country within the mid 1800's as a source of food and being a product for trapping and skinning for that pelt. The possum is really a marsupial animal, called because after birth the young are carried in a pouch located on the mothers belly. The color variations are wide and range from grey to nea