Cooper fat-tailed pouch mouse
| Cooper fat-tailed pouch mouse | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Pseudantechinus roryi | ||||||||||||
| Cooper , Aplin & Adams , 2000 |
The Cooper fat-tailed pouch mouse ( Pseudantechinus roryi ) is a species of marsupial from the genus of the fat- tailed pouch mouse .
This pouch mouse differs from other representatives of its genus by the reddish-brown fur color, with the other representatives the fur is more gray-brown in color.
This species lives in the Australian state of Western Australia . Its range extends from the Pilbara to the Great Sand Desert and the Gibson Desert , where it inhabits rocky regions. It could be possible that specimens found on Barrow Island are also of this species.
This pouch mouse is a carnivorous marsupial mammal. Nothing is known about their behavior, but it is believed that it resembles that of the other fat-tailed pouch mice.
The Cooper fat tail pouch mouse is listed as Least Concern (not endangered) at the IUCN .
swell
- Colin Groves (Nov. 16, 2005), in DE Wilson, DM Reeder (eds): Mammal Species of the World , 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 28, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .
- Peter Menkhorst (2001): A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia . Oxford University Press, 252.
Web links
- Pseudantechinus roryi inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Burbidge, A., Cooper, N. & Morris, K, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2014.