Gray ring bag
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The Gray Ringbeutler ( Pseudochirulus cinereus ) is a marsupial from the family of the Ringbeutler , which is native to only three small areas in northern Queensland southeast of the Cape York Peninsula. The three regions are Mount Carbine Tableland , Mount Windsor Tableland and Thornton Peak .
features
Gray Ringbeutler have a head-trunk length of 34 to 37 cm, a 32 to 40 cm long tail and reach a weight of 700 to 1400 g. The fur of the animals is caramel brown to dark brown on the back and becomes increasingly lighter towards the cream-colored belly. A dark stripe starts between the eyes and then runs down the middle of the back. The last third of the tail is usually white.
Occurrence, habitat and way of life
The gray ringbutler lives in rainforests in three small areas in the Wet Tropics of Queensland above an altitude of about 420 meters above sea level. The animals are nocturnal and spend the day in tree hollows or hidden in large piles of epiphytes . Little is known so far about the reproductive behavior. The females' pouch contains two teats, so the females can raise a maximum of two young animals at the same time. Females with pups in their pouch or on their backs have been observed in both summer and winter and there does not appear to be a specific breeding season.
Gray Ringbeutler feed on leaves. The preferred food plants include Alphitonia whitei from the family of Buckthorn family , Homalanthus novoguineensis and Macaranga subdentata from the family of the spurge family , Arytera from the family of the soap tree plants , Niemeyera from the family of sapotaceae and Fiederaralie Polyscias murrayi . Figs are also eaten.
Danger
The IUCN classifies the horror pseudocheiridae in the categories ( "low risk" Near Threatened ). The range is less than 1000 km² and may have been larger in the past. It is not known whether stocks will increase, decrease or remain at the same level.
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 , page 523.
- ↑ a b Pseudochirulus cinereus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .