Long-haired ring pouch
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Long-haired ring pouch, preparation in the Natural History Museum of Genoa |
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The long-haired ring- pouch ( Pseudochirops albertisii ) is a marsupial from the family of the ring- pouch that is found scattered in some areas of northwestern New Guinea and on Yapen .
features
Long-haired ring pouches have a head-body length of 29 to 34 cm, a tail length of 29 to 32 cm and a weight of 640 to 875 g. The animals are confusingly similar to the Hermit Ringbeutler ( Pseudochirops coronatus ) and differ from this species in that they are somewhat smaller and slimmer (640 to 875 g vs. 1.5 kg) and have shorter body hair but longer hair on the tail to have. The peritoneum of the long-haired ring bag is gray, of the hermit ring bag it is dark gray. The teeth of the long-haired ring bagger are significantly smaller than those of the hermit ring bagger.
Occurrence, habitat and way of life
The long-haired ringbutler occurs on Yapen and in mossy primary forests in the Arfak Mountains on the Vogelkop Peninsula and in some mountain ranges of the northwestern coastal mountains at altitudes of 1100 to 1900 meters. Due to the lowland rainforests in between, the individual populations are isolated from one another and the distribution area is disjoint . Except that they are nocturnal, little is known about their behavior so far. In contrast to other ring bags, they don't seem to use tree hollows. Instead, they spend the day sleeping in forks of branches or hiding on the ground. A female with a single newborn was captured and examined in March, and another with a cub with a body length of 8.9 cm in September. Nutrition has not been studied particularly intensively either. Analyzes of stomach contents revealed leaves, fruits and the buds of figs.
Danger
The long-haired ring bag is considered to be “ Near Threatened ”. The animals are killed by humans to obtain bushmeat and suffer from the loss of their habitat, as more and more forests are being cleared in order to gain agricultural land.
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 , pp. 528-529.
- ↑ Pseudochirops albertisii in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species .