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Species Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876

Musky Rat-kangaroo

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, fungivore, insectivorous, noctidiurnal, omnivore, solitary, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Quadrupedal locomotion, generally solitary.

 

General References

Carlsson, A. 1915. Zur Morphologie des Hypsiprymnodon moschatus. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(6): 1-48

Dennis, A. 2004. Marsupial Gardeners. Nature Australia 28(1): 26-33

Dennis, A.J. & Johnson, P.M. 1995. Musky Rat-kangaroo Hypsiprymnodon moschatus. pp. 282-284 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Dennis, A.J.& Marsh, H. 1997. Seasonal reproduction in musky rat-kangaroos, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus: a response to changes in resource availability. Wildlife Research 24: 561-578

Drew, A. & Spencer, H.J. 1998. Consumption of Idiospermum australiense seeds by the musky rat kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (Marsupialia: Potoroidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 438

Heighway, H.R. 1939. The Anatomy of Hypsipyrymnodon moschatus Unpubl. M.D. Thesis. Sydney : Univ. Sydney.

Johnson, P.M., Haffenden, A.T. & Denison, J. 1983. Husbandry of the musky rat-kangaroo in captivity. Journal of the Australian Animal Technicians Association 8: 1-8

Johnson, P.M. & Strahan, R. 1982. A further description of the Musky Rat-Kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876 (Marsupialia, Potoroidae), with notes on its biology. The Australian Zoologist 21: 27-46

Laurance, S.G.W. & Laurance, W.F. 1995. A ground-trapping survey for small mammals in continuous forest and two isolated tropical rainforest reserves. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38: 597-602

Laurence, W.F. 1994. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 69: 23-32

Lloyd, S. 2001. Oestrus cycle and gestation length in the musky-rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (Potoroidae: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 49: 37-44

Reddell, P., Spain, A.V. & Hopkins, M. 1997. Dispersal of spores of mycorrhizal fungi in scats of native mammals in tropical forests of northeastern Australia. Biotropica 29: 184-192

Schurer, U. 1985. Das Moschusrattenkanguruh, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus - Beobachtungen im Freiland und im Gehege. Zoologische Garten 55: 257-267

Winter, J. 1991. Mammals. pp. 43-54 in Nix, H.A. & Switzer, M.A. (eds). Rainforest Animals: Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 111 pp. [Kowari]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023 03-Nov-2010 MOVED
29-Oct-2010 29-Oct-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)