Often mistaken for the introduced field mouse, the Fat-Tailed Dunnart is not a mouse at all! Like the kangaroo, this critter is actually a marsupial, and carries its young around in a pouch. This species is under threat mostly from its habitat (native grasslands) being destroyed for housing or farmland.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Marsupial?
Often mistaken for the introduced field mouse, the Fat-Tailed Dunnart is not a mouse at all! Like the kangaroo, this critter is actually a marsupial, and carries its young around in a pouch. This species is under threat mostly from its habitat (native grasslands) being destroyed for housing or farmland.
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2 comments:
always great at capturing these little critters!!
At first I thought it was a bilby, but then I noticed the lack of ears. Also that its mistaken for a mouse I guess that would be a tiny bilby too. In any case, nice work capturing this little guy that I was not even aware existed.
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