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Dasyuroides byrnei (Kowari)

Synonyms: Dasycercus byrnei

Wikipedia Abstract

The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei), also known as the brush-tailed marsupial rat, Kayer rat, Byrne's crest-tailed marsupial rat, bushy-tailed marsupial rat and kawiri, is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the dry grasslands and deserts of central Australia. It is monotypical of its genus.
View Wikipedia Record: Dasyuroides byrnei

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Dasyuroides byrnei

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
45
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.48
EDGE Score: 3.64
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  106 grams
Birth Weight [2]  0.027 grams
Female Weight [1]  88 grams
Male Weight [1]  124 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  40.9 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [3]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  30 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  7 months 28 days
Male Maturity [2]  7 months 6 days
Gestation [2]  33 days
Litter Size [2]  6
Litters / Year [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [2]  8 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7 inches (17 cm)
Weaning [2]  3 months 12 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mitchell grass downs Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Simpson desert Australia Australasia Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Eucoleus breviductus <Unverified Name>[4]
Hepatozoon dasyuroides <Unverified Name>[4]
Toxoplasma gondii[4]
Xenopsylla vexabilis (Rat flea)[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
♦ 2de 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
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 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
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