Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

The musky kangaroo rat ( Hypsiprymnodon moschatus , in Musky Rat-kangaroo in English) is small a Marsupial, found in the wet forests in Australia and New Guinea.

Classified by certain scientists under family of the Hypsiprymnodontinae of the family of the Potoroidae, most recent research places the family of the Hypsiprymnodontidae in a family of prehistoric kangaroo rats

It is smallest of the Macropode S. It is quadruped and only diurnal. It is approximately 23 cm long and nourishes fruits fallen on the ground and from small invertebrates.

It moves by simultaneously stretching its legs before then by bringing closer its back legs together.

The females have 2 or 3 small that they keep in their marsupium until approximately 21 weeks.

References

anglophone Wikipedia
Groves, Hake (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D.E., and Reeder, D.M. (eds): Mammal Species off the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Near, 56. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
Marsupial Australasian & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Hypsiprymnodon moschatus. 2006 IUCN Red List off Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved one 12 May 2006.

External bonds

Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges
Australian Natural History Safari
Pictures and facts butt the Musky rat kangaroo

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