Ningaui

Southern Ningaui ( Ningaui yvonneae )

The Ningauis ( Ningaui ) are a genus of small, mouse -like marsupial from the family of Dasyuridae ( Dasyuridae ). These animals inhabit dry regions in Australia and have been described scientifically until the 1970s.

With a body length 46-57 mm and a weight of 2 to 13 grams Ningauis are the smallest marsupials at all. Your body is similar to mice, her long hair is colored brown or black at the top, the underside is yellow. The tail is longer than the hairy body and even easy.

Little is known about the habits of these animals. Their habitat are grasslands, savannas and semi-deserts. They are nocturnal and spend the day hidden in burrows or hollow logs or in the brambles. In cooler temperature, or in times of food shortage, they can short into a torpor ( hibernation ) are forfeited to save energy. Their diet consists of insects and other invertebrates.

Females have six or seven teats and a simple bag. After 13 - to 21 -day gestation period up to seven pups are born. They spend their first six weeks of life in the mother's pouch, after six weeks, they are self-employed. The oldest age of an animal in captivity was 2.5 years in the wild are likely only a few animals live long enough to breed a second time.

There are three types of Ningauis:

• The Pilbara Ningaui ( Ningaui timealeyi ) is the smallest kind, it inhabits the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia.
• The Southern Ningaui ( Ningaui yvonneae ) is in South Australia ( distributed from southern Western Australia to New South Wales and Victoria.
• The Wongai - Ningaui ( Ningaui ridei ) is located in the western part of the interior of Australia.