White-footed dunnart

Sminthopsis leucopus

Sminthopsis leucopus, in English under the name "White- footed dunnart " ( " Weißfüßige Schmalfuß bag mouse " ), is a Beutelsäugerart from the kind of Schmalfuß Bag mice, which is endemic to Australia. The type does not have a German name.

Description

The total body length of this species is 140 to 200 mm, with the very thin tail makes up 70 to 110 mm of it. The weight varies 19-27 g The back fur is dark brown and a black band runs across the top. The belly is like the white paws.

Distribution and habitat

The distribution area of Sminthopsis leucopus is restricted to Tasmania and to the south of Australia. The species lives along the coast, in rainforests, in the heart of Gippsland and in alpine areas in the amount up to 400 m near Narbethong, Victoria. So you populated areas with an annual rainfall between 600 and 1000 mm. In contrast to Dickschwänzigen Schmalfußbeutelmaus it requires habitats that are covered halfway with trees and forest. Other habitats are located on the coast tussock country, Seggenrieder and wet heaths. The territories of males and females occupy an area of ​​about 120 m², some males are, on areas up to 1200 m². The territories of males often overlap those of the females.

Behavior

The mating season is between July and August cubs are born between August and September. The males die about a month after the birth of the boy. The females give birth usually only once in life. The litter size is about ten boy who stay for eight weeks in the bag. The species is nocturnal. During the day the animals remain in hollow trees and rotting tree trunks.

Nutrition

The diet consists of invertebrates and reptiles 1-18 mm in length.

Threat

The current status is uncertain, but it is assumed that the species is more safely, because it occurs in many different habitats.

Swell

  • Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996 ): Sminthopsis leucopus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 9 May 2006.
  • Groves, C. (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, DE, and Reeder, DM ( eds ): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 35, ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  • Menkhorst, Peter W. (1995 ): Mammals of Victoria. Oxford Press, 64-65, ISBN 978-0-19-553733-8.
  • Http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/mammals/wfdunn.html
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