#phascogale

[foxgirlgenerator]

any phascogale fursonas?

-little guy

-big fluffy tail

-sexual maniacs, every year the entire adult male population fuck themselves to death

[mistray-art]

Realized I should post my Art Fights here. Huh.

Attack (or long-due revenge) for aloudcreative of her character Bristle!

[iicraft505]

Red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura)

Mark Marathon

[animalids]

Common wambenger (Phascogale tapoatafa)

Photo by Ken Stepnell

[jasminetwil]

Hallow-Ink Day 15- Red-tailed Phascogale

Being one of three members of the phascogale genus, the red-tailed phascogale is a small, carnivorous marsupial that was once widespread throughout central and western Australia. It is now restricted to the southern Western Australian wheatbelt.

Being an arboreal species, its diet ranges from insects to small birds and even house mice.

It is found in dense and tall vegetation, preferably those that contain the Wandoo eucalyptus and the rock sheoak.

Fun fact: Males die shortly after their first mating due to stress-related diseases. Talk about loving hard, huh? 🙃💖

[foxhillllamas]

All of our nesting boxes are up! 😊 We hope our red - tailed phascogales make them their homes over the next few weeks during their breeding season. #phascogale #nestingbox #nativeanimals #wildlifeconservation #wildlife #lovenature #marradongcountry #recycled https://www.instagram.com/p/BykAuBbhRSx/?igshid=u8vrm23jnvcs

[henrycook]

A Brush-tailed #Phascogale sucking down a huge yellow caterpillar it'd just spent 10 minutes chewing from its chrysalis. #soblessed #mammalwatching #marsupial

[animaltoday]

Red Tailed Phascogale/Wambenger (Phascogale calura) - 

Phascogales are small carnivorous marsupials native to western Australia.  There are only two species of Phascogale; the red tailed and the brush tailed.  The red tailed is the smaller of the two.  

These little marsupials are best known for their die hard mating habits.  Males will become so overwhelmed with hormones that they usually die shortly after their first mating seasons.  In the wild, males will live just over a year.  Females can live up to about 3 years.  Females might produce one or two litters in a lifetime. 

Living primarily in trees, it eats mostly insects, arachnids, and sometimes small reptiles or mammals.  It does not need to drink water, as it gets its moisture from its food. 

It is vulnerable to introduced predators and more recently, new chemicals that threaten its population.  They have been listed as near threatened within the last few years. 

Photos: (top) (bottom left) (bottom right)