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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A genus of small insectivorous and carnivorous marsupial mammals of the family Dasyuridæ, inhabiting the whole of the Australian region. They are of the size of a rat or less, are of arboreal habits, and have a pointed snout, rounded ears, and the fore feet live-toed, the hind feet being variable in this respect. There is usually one more premolar above and below on each side than in the typical dasyures, making a total of 46 instead of 42. There are several species, among them P. penicillata, the largest one, with a long bushy tail, somewhat like a squirrel. Some differ in details of form from others, in consequence of which the genera Chætocercus, Antechinomys, Antechinus, and Podabrus have been detached from Phascogale proper. See cut in preceding column.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. pouched mice

Etymologies

  1. Coined in 1824 by Coenraad Temminck, from Ancient Greek φασκωλός ("pouch") + γαλῆ ("weasel"). (Wiktionary)

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  • “Also, looking closely at the origins of the druids name (Myszowór in the original)one can find an interesting little animal (the phascogale tapoatafa).”

    The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

  • “Other species with notable disjunct distributions on the Pellew Islands include the canefield rat (Rattus sordidus) (the only known occurrence in the Northern Territory), the vulnerable Carpentarian pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus), brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) and northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus).”

    Carpentaria tropical savanna

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  1. mammal genus

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  1. tapoa tafa
  1. phascogalinæ
  1. marten
  1. mouse

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  • bilby Not strictly true. Arboreal, long-tailed, marsupial mice would be better. Of the 2 species, the brush-tailed has a pouch while the red-tailed doesn't and its young are reared in a nest.

    Also: "Sexual maturity is reached at about twelve months. Mating takes place in May and June and shortly after mating all males die. The reason for death is thought to be that the males put so much into breeding that their immune systems fail and they succumb to stress-related illnesses and die." Nov 22, 2007

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