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Data representing possums in Australia and New Guinea. This is a copy of the data set by the same name in the DAAG package, however, the data set included here includes fewer variables.

Variables:

• site - The site number where the possum was trapped.

• pop - Population, either Vic (Victoria) or other (New South Wales or Queensland).

• sex - Gender, either m (male) or f (female).

• age - Age.

• head_l - Head length, in mm.

• skull_w - Skull width, in mm.

• total_l - Total length, in cm.

• tail_l - Tail length, in cm.

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Lindenmayer, D. B., Viggers, K. L., Cunningham, R. B., and Donnelly, C. F. 1995. Morphological variation among columns of the mountain brushtail possum, Trichosurus caninus Ogilby (Phalangeridae: Marsupiala). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 449-458.

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