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RED-TAILED PHASCOGALE (Phascogale calura) I love Australian names — if Phascogale isn’t complicated enough it is also known as the Red-tailed Wambenger. Either way, a big name for a little animal. This lightweight marsupial (1-2 ounces/35 to 70 grams) is around 4”/100mm (body +head) in length with a tail around 5-1/2”/140mm long. Its scientific name means “beautiful-tailed pouched-weasel”. Though it is an arboreal species and as such a great leaper and climber, it forages for food mainly on the ground. The Red-tailed Phascogale has a varied diet, and can feed on insects and spiders, but also small birds and small mammals, notably the House Mouse (Mus musculus); it does not drink as its water is retained through its food. Interesting to note: It prefers areas containing the Wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) and the Rock Sheoak (Allocasuarina huegeliana), and it has developed a resistance to the fluoroacetate the plants produce that is lethal to livestock. Most native animals have a resistance to this fluoracetate, but introduced species, like the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), do not, so it has been suggested that the Red-tailed Phascogale’s survival could be attributed to this chemical. It may seem weird to talk about an animal’s tail and not show it, but I liked its face, the entire animals can be seen on the click-though or at any of the source links. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Phascogalehttp://teacherstimesaver.com/floral/phasco.htmhttp://australian-animals.net/phas.htm Other photos of Australian animals you may like: Southern Hairy-Nose Wombat A handful of Bandicoot Galah or Roseate Cockatoo

RED-TAILED PHASCOGALE (Phascogale calura)

I love Australian names — if Phascogale isn’t complicated enough it is also known as the Red-tailed Wambenger. Either way, a big name for a little animal. This lightweight marsupial (1-2 ounces/35 to 70 grams) is around 4”/100mm (body +head) in length with a tail around 5-1/2”/140mm long. Its scientific name means “beautiful-tailed pouched-weasel”.

Though it is an arboreal species and as such a great leaper and climber, it forages for food mainly on the ground. The Red-tailed Phascogale has a varied diet, and can feed on insects and spiders, but also small birds and small mammals, notably the House Mouse (Mus musculus); it does not drink as its water is retained through its food.

Interesting to note: It prefers areas containing the Wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) and the Rock Sheoak (Allocasuarina huegeliana), and it has developed a resistance to the fluoroacetate the plants produce that is lethal to livestock. Most native animals have a resistance to this fluoracetate, but introduced species, like the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), do not, so it has been suggested that the Red-tailed Phascogale’s survival could be attributed to this chemical.

It may seem weird to talk about an animal’s tail and not show it, but I liked its face, the entire animals can be seen on the click-though or at any of the source links.

Fact Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Phascogale
http://teacherstimesaver.com/floral/phasco.htm
http://australian-animals.net/phas.htm

Other photos of Australian animals you may like:

Southern Hairy-Nose Wombat

A handful of Bandicoot

Galah or Roseate Cockatoo

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