Hermit Ringbeutler
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The Hermit Ringbeutler ( Pseudochirops coronatus ), also known as the Large Longhair Ringbeutler , is a bag mammal from the Ringbeutler family that occurs in the Arfak Mountains on the Vogelkop Peninsula in western New Guinea.
features
Hermit Ringbeutler have a head-trunk length of about 35 cm, a tail length of 28 to 33 cm and a weight of about 1 kg. The animals are confusingly similar to the long-haired ring-bagger ( Pseudochirops albertisii ) and differ from this species in that they are somewhat larger and more massive (1.5 kg vs. 640 to 875 g) and have softer and longer body hair but shorter hair have the tail. The peritoneum of the hermit ring bag is dark gray, the long-hair ring bag is light. The teeth of the ring bag are significantly larger than those of the ring bag with long hair. In contrast to the copper ring bucket ( Pseudochirops cupreus ) the last third of the tail of the hermit ring bucket is hairy.
Occurrence, habitat and way of life
The Hermit Ringbeutler occurs in the Arfak Mountains on the Vogelkop Peninsula exclusively in primary forests that are free from human settlements at altitudes of 1000 to 2250 meters. The behavior and way of life of the animals have not yet been researched.
Danger
The Einsiedler-Ringbeutler is considered "endangered" ( Vulnerable ). Possible dangers for the population of the animals lie in the hunting by humans for the extraction of bushmeat and the loss of their habitat clearing forests.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Stephen Jackson: Family Pseudocheiridae (Ring-tailed Possums and Greater Gliders). in Don E. Wilson , Russell A. Mittermeier : Handbook of the Mammals of the World - Volume 5. Monotremes and Marsupials. Lynx Editions, 2015, ISBN 978-84-96553-99-6 , pages 529-530.
- ↑ Pseudochirops coronatus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .