Red-tailed Phascogale
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The Red-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura), also known as the Red-tailed Wambenger, is a small carnivorous marsupial found in central and western Australia. It is closely related to the Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), but is smaller and browner. It was formerly widespread throughout central and western Australia but is now restricted to southern Western Australia, and is classified as endangered by both the IUCN Red List and Australian EPBC Act. As in the Brush-tailed Phascogale, male Red-tailed Phascogales die following their first mating as a result of stress-related diseases.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 31-32. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Phascogale calura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 50.
[edit] External links
- AustralianFauna.com
- Australian Department of Environment and Heritage Species Profiles, features distribution map
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