Tate striped pouch marten

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Tate striped pouch marten
Systematics
Subclass : Marsupials (Marsupialia)
Superordinate : Australidelphia
Order : Raubbeutleriformes (Dasyuromorphia)
Family : Predator (Dasyuridae)
Genre : Striped marten ( Myoictis )
Type : Tate striped pouch marten
Scientific name
Myoictis wavicus
Tate , 1947

The Tate striped sac marten ( Myoictis wavicus ) is a species of the genus striped sac marten in the order of the predator-like . This carnivore lives in New Guinea .

Myoictis wavicus was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Muller striped marten ( Myoictis melas ). Due to morphological and genetic studies, it was recently raised to full species status. It is most closely related to the Woolley striped pouch marten ( Myoictis leucura ).

features

The Tate striped bag marten has a head-to-trunk length of 16.5 to 17 cm (males) or 14 to 17 cm (females) and weighs 110 to 134 g (males) or 61 to 83 g ( Female). The Tate striped bag marten differs from the other striped bag marten in its short-haired tail. The general coat color is gray-brown with lighter hair between the black dorsal stripes. Thenar and first interdigital pad are fused together. The posterior palatal windows are large. The premolar P 3 has a single root. The females carry four teats in a bag.

distribution

The Tate striped pouch marten is endemic to Papua New Guinea . It is only known from fewer than 10 specimens collected in Morobe in the Wau area , on the northern side of the Owen Stanley Mountains . There it occurs at altitudes of 975 to 1810 meters.

Habitat and way of life

This species inhabits primary mountain forests. Like its relatives, it becomes diurnal and is considered to be largely ground-living.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Andrew Baker: Family Dasyuridae (Carnivorous Marsupials). Page 293 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
  2. ^ PA Woolley (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) of New Guinea, with description of a new species. In: Records of the Australian Museum 57, pp. 321-340. ISSN 0067-1975. ( Online )
  3. ↑ a b Myoictis wavicus in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN 2017-3. Listed by: P. Woolley, 2015. Retrieved Jan 30, 2018.

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