Mountain Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus Caninus (2002)
In 2002 it was discovered that the Mountain Brush-tailed Possum (Trichosurus caninus) of Australia actually consists of two separate species. Confusingly, due to taxonomic rules, the northern population has been dubbed the Short-eared Possum, but will keep the scientific name T. caninus, while the creature now known as the Mountain Brush-tailed Possum is named T. cunninghami. This is because the original type specimen of the species was actually of the northern population, and therefore must keep the original name.
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“We are wearied of our huts
And the smoky smell of our garments.
We are sick with desire of the sun
And the grass on the mountains.”
—Unknown. The Grass on the Mountain (l. 11–14)