Forbes' ring bags

Forbes' ring bags
	Forbes' Ringbeutler ( Pseudochirulus forbesi )
Systematics
Subclass :	Marsupials (Marsupialia)
Superordinate :	Australidelphia
Order :	Diprotodontia
Family :	Ringbeutler (Pseudocheiridae)
Genre :	New Guinea and Queensland Ringbuttler ( Pseudochirulus )
Type :	Forbes' ring bags
Scientific name
	Pseudochirulus forbesi
	( Thomas , 1887)

Forbes' Ringbeutler ( Pseudochirulus forbesi ) is a marsupial mammal belonging to the Ringbeutler family , which is native to the mountains and hills of the Owen Stanley Mountains in southeastern New Guinea. The species was named in honor of the British explorer and botanist Henry Ogg Forbes , who shot the two type specimens .

Distribution map of Forbes' Ringbeutler

features

Forbes' Ringbeutler have a head-body length of 19 to 34 cm, a 20 to 31 cm long tail and reach a weight of 450 to 835 g. The back fur is gray, the belly is whitish, and the limbs and head are brown in color. Forbes' Ringbeutler can be easily distinguished from the Hundsringbeutler ( Pseudochirulus canescens ), which occurs in the same region in the lowlands, by a dark mark on the face.

Occurrence, habitat and way of life

Forbes' Ringbeutler lives in primary forests and older secondary forests at altitudes of 500 to 2,800 meters above sea level. Most of the animals are found above 1300 meters. The animals are largely nocturnal, but have also been observed during the day. They usually spend the day in tree hollows or in nests that they build at low heights in the trees. Forbes' Ringbeutler feed primarily on leaves and consume the leaves of around 75 plant species from around 25 families. In doing so, they are very selective. Bark is also consumed. Forbes' Ringbeutler does not have a specific breeding season and reproduces throughout the year. Usually only one cub is born, but there are also twins.

Danger

The IUCN classifies Forbes' Ringbeutler in the Least Concern category . The animals are relatively common and can also cope with human-influenced biotopes.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 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 , page 524.
↑ ^a ^b Pseudochirulus forbesi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
↑ Oldfield Thomas, Catalog of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) Dept of Zoology . Taylor and Francis, London (1888). Page 184.

[HMW-1] 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 , page 524.

[IUCN-2] Pseudochirulus forbesi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

[3] Oldfield Thomas, Catalog of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) Dept of Zoology . Taylor and Francis, London (1888). Page 184.