- Phascogale
image_width = 250px
image_caption =Brush-tailed Phascogale ("Phascogale tapoatafa")
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
infraclassis =Marsupialia
ordo =Dasyuromorphia
familia =Dasyuridae
subfamilia =Dasyurinae
tribus =Phascogalini
genus = "Phascogale"
genus_authority = Temminck,1824
type_species = "Didelphis penicillata"
type_species_authority = Shaw,1800
(= "Vivera tapoatafa",F. Meyer ,1793
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = "Phascogale tapoatafa"
"Phascogale calura"The Phascogales (members of the eponymous
genus "Phascogale"), also known as Wambengers, are carnivorous Australianmarsupials of the familyDasyuridae . There are two species: theBrush-tailed Phascogale ("Phascogale tapoatafa") and theRed-tailed Phascogale ("Phascogale calura"). As with a number of dasyurid species, the males live for only one year, dying after a period of frenzied mating. The term "Phascogale" was coined in 1824 byCoenraad Jacob Temminck in reference to the Brush-tailed Phascogale, and means "pouched weasel".References
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External links
* [http://www.fnpw.org.au/enews4/phascogale.htm Brush-tailed Phascogale]
* [http://www.naturebase.net/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/Itemid,1288/gid,124/ Brush-tailed Phascogale]
* [http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/phascogale.htm Red-tailed Phascogale]
* [http://www.australianfauna.com/redtailedphascogale.php Red-tailed Phascogale]
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