Striped pouch marten
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Myoictis wallacii |
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Gray , 1858 |
The striped marten ( Myoictis ) are a genus of marsupials from the family of the predatory pouches (Dasyuridae). It owes its name to the similarities in physique with martens or mongooses , to which it is not related. The genus includes four species, the Woolley striped bag marten ( Myoictis leucura ), the Müller striped bag marten ( Myoictis melas ), the Wallace striped bag marten ( Myoictis wallacii ) and the Tate striped bag marten ( Myoictis wavicus ).
description
These animals are some of the most colorful predatory baggers. Their brown fur has three black vertical stripes on the back, the spaces between them can be colored yellow. The dark red head has a black nasal stripe. The throat is bright red and the belly yellowish-gray in color. The long tail is covered with long reddish hair. The animals reach a head body length of 17 to 25 centimeters, a tail length of 15 to 23 centimeters and a weight of around 200 grams.
Way of life
Striped martens live exclusively on New Guinea and smaller offshore islands, whereby M. walacii is only known from the Aru Islands . Almost nothing is known about their way of life. Their habitat are primarily deeper rainforests, they are likely to be nocturnal like most predatory fish. Their diet consists at least in part of smaller vertebrates like mice and rats, for which they are popular with the local population.
There is little reliable information about the degree of endangerment and the IUCN lists this as low risk.
literature
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, ISBN 0801857899 .
- DE Wilson, DM Reeder: Mammal Species of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2005, ISBN 0801882214 .
- PA Woolley: Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species . Records of the Australian Museum (2005) Vol. 57: 321-340. ISSN 0067-1975 .
Web links
- Myoictis leucura in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2011. Posted by: Woolley, P., 2008. Accessed January 11, 2012 Design.
- Myoictis melas in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2006. Posted by: Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group, 1996. Retrieved on 12 May, 2006.
- Myoictis wallacei in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2011. Posted by: Woolley, P., 2008. Accessed January 11, 2012 Design.
- Myoictis wavicus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2011. Posted by: Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., slipway, K., Singadan, R. Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Dickman, C., Lunde, D., Aplin, K., Flannery, T. & Woolley, P., 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2012.