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Phascogale calura (Red-tailed Phascogale)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Phascogale calura

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.59
EDGE Score: 2.95
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  43 grams
Female Weight [1]  39 grams
Male Weight [1]  47 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  20.5 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  11 months
Gestation [3]  29 days
Litter Size [3]  8
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  5 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.724 inches (12 cm)
Weaning [3]  90 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Esperance mallee Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Australia savanna Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Australia woodlands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fitzgerald River National Park II 732417 Western Australia, Australia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia Yes

Predators

Echidnophaga myrmecobii (Red flea)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Echidnophaga myrmecobii (Red flea)[5]
Stephanopsylla thomasi[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0