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Phascogale

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Phascogale 

a genus of marsupials. The length of the body is up to 22 cm, and the length of the tail is up to 23 cm. The coloration above is gray; there are black markings on the sides of the head. There are two species, distributed in the forests of Australia. The arboreal animals, known as broad-footed pouch mice, are active at twilight and at night. They feed on small vertebrates and insects. The species Phascogale tapoatafa, an animal the size of a squirrel, resembles a small mustelid in its feeding habits. It is distributed in southern Australia.
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2) Grey is particularly interested in threatened species such as the Squirrel Glider, Brush-tailed Phascogale, Regent Honeyeater, Swift Parrot, Pink-Tailed Worm-Lizard and the Woodland Blind Snake, who all live in South Australia's Box-Ironbark country.
The Back Boot Project by Muirhead, Anna; Ballard, Su; Beevors, Michele; Bell, Victoria; Carran, Bekah; Eady, Scott; Morley, M / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue
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In Western Australia, the woodland communities of salmon gum, york gum, gimlet and wandoo -- home to numbats and red-tailed phascogales -- were seen as indicators of fertile soils, and have now been extensively cleared.
AUSTRALIA'S BEST KEPT SECRET: the wonder of our woodlands by Sherwin, Charlie / Habitat Australia
 
 
 
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