Mask ring bags

Mask ring bags
Systematics
Subclass :	Marsupials (Marsupialia)
Superordinate :	Australidelphia
Order :	Diprotodontia
Family :	Ringbeutler (Pseudocheiridae)
Genre :	New Guinea and Queensland Ringbuttler ( Pseudochirulus )
Type :	Mask ring bags
Scientific name
	Pseudochirulus larvatus
	(Förster & Rothschild , 1911)

The Masked Ringbeutler ( Pseudochirulus larvatus ) is a marsupial mammal from the Ringbeutler family, which is native to the Central Mountains of New Guinea from the Jayawijaya Mountains in the west to the Kraetkegebirge and Wau in the east, on the Huon Peninsula and in the Foja Mountains .

Distribution map of the Mask-Ringbeutler

features

The mask ring bag has a head-trunk length of 33 to 35 cm and a 23 to 25 cm long tail. The weight of the animals has not yet been determined. The back fur is velvety and smoky gray, the belly is gray, the chest and the lower throat area are yellowish-white. The front throat is black. From there, a black line runs to the ears on both sides of the head. The face is ocher, the muzzle is blackish. A blackish band extends down the middle of the back and extends over the head to the nose. The tail is gray, its tip is black and hairless on the underside.

Occurrence, habitat and way of life

The masked ring bagler lives in primary forests and in secondary forests at altitudes over 500 meters above sea level. Most of the animals are found above 1300 meters. Like all ring baggers, they mainly feed on leaves. However, the animals have also been observed eating the bark of Sloanea and Syzygium species. Almost nothing is known about the reproductive behavior and other behavior of the animals.

Danger

The IUCN classifies the mask ring bag in the category “ Least Concern ”. 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 and 525.

↑ Pseudochirulus larvatus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

[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 and 525.