Red broad-footed pouch mouse
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| Dasykaluta rosamondae | ||||||||||||
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The red broad-footed pouch mouse ( Dasykaluta rosamondae ) is a species of marsupial from the family of the predatory pouches (Dasyuridae).
description
The physique of these animals is reminiscent of mice , to which they are not related. Their long, rough fur is reddish-brown or copper-colored. The head is short compared to other pouch mice and the ears are small. The thick tail is significantly shorter than the body. Red broad-footed bag mice reach a head body length of 9 to 11 centimeters, a tail length of 5 to 6.5 cm and a weight of 20 to 40 grams. The red broad-foot pouch mouse resembles the comb-tail pouch mouse and the brush-tail pouch mouse, but is significantly smaller, has a red color and no black hair on the tail.
Distribution and way of life
The red broad-footed pouch was first discovered in 1964 on a series of expeditions at Woodstock Station, near the Pilbara region in Western Australia. The habitat is in the Pilbara region in northwestern Western Australia . Their habitat is grasslands overgrown with prickly head grass. The animals feed on insects and small vertebrates .
Red broad-footed pouch mice have a short mating season in November, and young are usually born in the same month. The gestation period of these animals is very long at 38 to 40 days for marsupials, but it is possibly due to a delayed development of the embryo depending on the food available. The litter size is up to eight young animals, these are weaned at around three to four months and sexually mature at ten months. As with the broad-footed pouch mice , all males die, possibly due to stress, after the first mating, the females, on the other hand, can get older and may give birth a second or third time.
Systematics
The red broad-foot pouch mouse used to be classified in the genus of broad-foot pouch mice ( Antechinus ), but according to recent studies it is not particularly closely related to these, but most closely related to the speckled pouch mouse ( Parantechinus apicalis ).
supporting documents
- ↑ Ronald Strahan (Ed.): Complete Book of Australian Mammals. Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney et al. 1983, ISBN 0-207-14454-0 .
literature
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
Web links
- Dasykaluta rosamondae in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2008. Posted by: A. Burbidge, 2008. Accessed January 2 of 2009.