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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

ANIMAL POLECAT

marsupilia classified, ie marsupial mammals. As close relatives, kangaroo, possum small child and not yet fully developed. Because it since its birth, this child was in a layered sac hairs on the mother's stomach. After a little older, the child sometimes be seen rising Kuskus dipunggung parent with each other berjalinan tail. Sulawesi is the western limit of distribution range Kuskus. Polecat or better known by the people with the title beating sulawesi characterized by a round face and small ears and thick fur. Long-tailed possum has a strong and tough and serves as a tool to hold on when moving from branch to branch. Even the tail is a defensive weapon if he would polecat caught by hunters, where the possum will associate with a strong tail on the trunk or branches when the trees are felled by hunters climb. One type is Kuskus bear, has a body length of more than one meter, including the largest mammals living on the forest ditajuk Sulawesi, daytime activity, although activity was also bears possum at night. Pygmy possum as frugivorous (frugivora) and biology are still little known (Whitten, et al., 1987; Kinnaird, 1997). Both types of pack-this pack according to IUCN (2002), included in the category 'data deficient' - DD, which means not enough data to calculate the risk of extinction based on distribution and population status.


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