Medium large flying bagger
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The medium large- sized flying bucket ( Petauroides armillatus ) is a mammal from the family of the ring bucket (Pseudocheiridae). It occurs in northeastern Australia, in central Queensland between Townsville in the north and Roma in the south. The medium-sized large flight bag was originally considered a subspecies of Petauroides volans (now southern large flight bag ). In the marsupial volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World , a standard work of mammalogy , published in 2015 , it is listed as an independent species.
features
The animals reach a head body length of 30 to 42 cm, have a 40 to 53 cm long tail and weigh 750 to 1200 g. This means that the species stands in body size between the smaller northern large- sized flying bag ( Petauroides minor ) and the larger southern large flying bag ( Petauroides volans ). Compared to the Northern Large Flying Bag, the Medium Large Flying Bag has larger ears. In addition, light spots at the base of the ears. The gray-brown area in the middle of the back is clearly darker and contrasts with the light gray coloration of the body sides. The top of the head is darker, but a darker stripe on the middle of the head is missing. Upper arms, upper legs, and the portion of the tail close to the body are light gray, while forearms, lower legs, and the distal half of the tail are dark gray. Like the two other types of giant glide pouches, this type has glide membranes that extend from the elbow to the heel and enable the animals to glide.
Habitat and way of life
The medium-sized flying bagger lives in open forests, which are dominated by eucalyptus trees. The way of life of the species has not yet been researched in detail. It probably corresponds to a large extent to that of the more well-researched southern large-scale flying bucket.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Stephen Jackson: Family Pseudocheiridae (Ring-tailed Possums and Greater Gliders). P. 665 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