Honey Possum (species: Tarsipes rostratus) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Tarsipes rostratus
Honey Possum


©John Gould: Honey Possum (Tarsipes rostratus)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Tarsipedidae
Genus Tarsipes
Species Tarsipes rostratus
Status least concern
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 9 cm (Body length)

Weight

  • Up to 0.011 kg - applies to Males
  • Up to 0.016 kg - applies to Females

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution: Honey Possum (Tarsipes rostratus)

Chronotypes

nocturnal (active at night)   It is mainly nocturnal, but will come out to feed during daylight in cooler weather.

Behaviour

It spends the days asleep in a shelter of convenience: a rock cranny, a tree cavity, the hollow inside of a grass tree, or an abandoned bird nest. When food is scarce, or in cold weather, it becomes torpid to conserve energy. (Wikipedia)

Diet

It is one of the very few entirely nectarivorous mammals; it has a long, pointed snout and a long, protusible tongue with a brush tip that gathers pollen and nectar. (Wikipedia)

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