Woolley's fat-tailed pouch mouse
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Woolley's fat-tailed pouch mouse ( Pseudantechinus woolleyae ) is a species of marsupial belonging to the genus of fat- tailed pouch mice .
Pseudantechinus woolleyae is the largest species in this genus. The fur is brown on the back and rather yellow-brown on the belly, behind the ears there are chestnut brown spots. The tail is flattened.
This pouch mouse lives in Western Australia in the Pilbara region and south of it. Their habitat are rocky regions that are overgrown with acacia or spinifex . The species is listed as harmless ( least concern ) by the IUCN , but this is considered obsolete.
As about many other representatives of the fat-tailed pouch mice, little is known about their behavior. Unlike other fat-tailed pouch mouse species, they cannot reproduce in just a single year. The young are born between September and October and reach sexual maturity at ten months.
Woolley's fat-tailed pouch mouse was first described in 1988 , before the species was considered conspecific with Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis . The specific epithet woolleyae honors Dr. Patricia Woolley, an Australian zoologist. The system is not completely clear, however, by including P. woolleyae and P. bilarni the genus Pseudantechinus could have become paraphyletic .
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- Colin Groves In: Don E. Wilson , and DeeAnn Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World , Vol. 1 . 3rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 , p. 28.
- Peter Menkhorst: A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia . Oxford University Press, South Melbourne 2001, ISBN 0-19-550870-X , p. 60.
- Patricia A. Woolley: Woolley's False Antechinus . In: Ronald Strahan (Ed.): The Mammals of Australia. The national photographic index of Australian wildlife . Reed Books, Chatswood, NSW 1995, ISBN 0-7301-0484-2 , pp. 80-81 (former title: Complete book of Australian Mammals ).
- Pseudantechinus woolleyae in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2006. Posted by: Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group, 1996. Retrieved on 4 June of 2008.