Lemur-like ringtail possum

Lemurs Ring Beutler ( Hemibelideus lemuroides )

The lemur ring Beutler ( Hemibelideus lemuroides ) is a Beutelsäugerart from the family of ring Beutler ( Pseudocheiridae ). It takes its name from the similarities with the Malagasy lemurs.

The fur of the lemurs Ring Beutler is extremely dense and woolly, it is colored yellow gray at the top in a dark gray-brown and at the bottom. The tail, which is slightly longer than the body, except for the rear area at the bottom also densely hairy and can be used as a prehensile tail. The head is relatively small, the short ears protrude hardly out of the fur. Between the limbs they have indicated flight membranes, suggesting a close relationship to Riesengleitbeutler. These animals can reach a body length from 31 to 35 inches, her weight is 800 to 1300 grams.

Lemurs Ring Beutler live in rain forests in northeastern Queensland (Australia). You are outspoken arboreal, which are considered agile and good climbers and can jump far. They spend the day in tree hollows sleeping to go out at night in search of food. They often live in small family groups ( males and females or females with young ), with feeding them sometimes into larger groups (up to eight animals) together. Their diet consists mainly of leaves.

The pouch of the female has two teats, though usually a single young is born. After the birth of the first months of life spent in the mother's pouch, later, riding on her back.

A part of its distribution area is protected, there are likely to be relatively common animals by land clearing and fragmentation of their habitat, they have become rare in other areas. The IUCN lists the species as Near Threatened ( Near Threatened ).