Long-tailed New Guinea pouch mouse

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Long-tailed New Guinea pouch mouse
Preparation of the long-tailed New Guinea pouch mouse

Preparation of the long-tailed New Guinea pouch mouse

Systematics
Subclass : Marsupials (Marsupialia)
Superordinate : Australidelphia
Order : Raubbeutleriformes (Dasyuromorphia)
Family : Predator (Dasyuridae)
Genre : New Guinea bag mice ( Murexia )
Type : Long-tailed New Guinea pouch mouse
Scientific name
Murexia longicaudata
( Schlegel , 1866)
Distribution area. Blue: natural occurrence. Red: introduced.

The long-tailed New Guinea marsupial mouse ( Murexia longicaudata ) is a mammal from the predatory mammal family that occurs on New Guinea and offshore islands.

description

Males weigh 114–434 g, the much smaller females only 57–88 g. The fur is matt grayish brown on the top, the belly is beige whitish. The long, sparsely hairy tail has some long hair at the tip.

Habitat and way of life

The long-tailed New Guinea bag mouse inhabits all kinds of forests from the plains to heights of 2,200 m. The leaf nest is built high in the treetops, but there are also shelters on the ground. Females can mate all year round. Up to four young are born per litter and grow up in their mother's pouch.

status

The population is considered to be secured, therefore the species is listed as not endangered ("least concern") by the IUCN .

Systematics

The long-tailed New Guinea pouch mouse formerly formed the genus Murexia together with the Rothschild New Guinea pouch mouse. In 2005, the genus Murexia was separated by Colin Groves into the two monotypical genera Murexia for the long-tailed New Guinea pouch mouse and Paramurexia for the Rothschild New Guinea pouch on the basis of cladistic analyzes . However, genetic studies continue to support a combination of both species in the genus Murexia .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tate, GHH 1938: New or little known marsupials: A new species of Phascogalinae, with notes on Acrobates pulchellus Rothschild. Novitates Zoologicae, Vol. 41: pp. 58-60.
  2. ^ Van Dyck, p. 2002: Morphology-based revision of Murexia and Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48: pp. 239-330.
  3. ^ Groves, CP 2005. Order Dasyuromorphia. In: DE Wilson and DM Reeder (eds.): Mammal Species of the World. Pp. 23-37. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  4. ↑ Armstrong, LA, Krajewski, C. and Westerman, M. 1998: Phylogeny of the dasyurid marsupial genus Antechinus based on cytochrome-b, 12S-rRNA, and protamine-P1 genes. Journal of Mammalogy , Vol. 79: pp. 1379-1389.

literature

  • Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1999. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 online
  • Groves, CP 2005. Order Dasyuromorphia. In: DE Wilson and DM Reeder (eds.): Mammal Species of the World. Pp. 23-37. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Web links

  • Murexia longicaudata in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by: Woolley, P. Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., slipway, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Dickman, C., Lunde, D. & Aplin, K., 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2011.