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The Little Red Kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae), also known as the Little Red Antechinus, Russet Antechinus, Spinifex Antechinus or simply Kaluta, is a carnivorous nocturnal marsupial. It lives in the dry areas of Western Australia. Individuals are 9-11 cm (3.5-4.3 in) long and weigh 20-40 grams (0.7-1.4 oz). They live for about three years in captivity. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ...
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Subclasses & Infraclasses Subclass †Allotheria* Subclass Prototheria Subclass Theria Infraclass †Trituberculata Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals (class Mammalia) are warm-blooded, vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including those that produce milk, and by the presence of: hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex...
Orders Superorder Ameridelphia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Superorder Australidelphia Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ...
Families †Thylacinidae Dasyuridae Myrmecobiidae The order Dasyuromorphia (meaning hairy tail[1]) is made up of most carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the Numbat, the Tasmanian Devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine. ...
Subfamilies & Tribes Dasyurinae Dasyurini Phascogalini Sminthopsinae Sminthopsini Planigalini The marsupial family Dasyuridae includes 61 species divided into 15 genera. ...
Genera Dasyurus Dasycercus Dasykaluta Parantechinus Pseudantechinus Sarcophilus The subfamily Dasyuridae includes about several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, Kowari, Mulgara, Kaluta, dibblers, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian Devil. ...
Genus Dasycercus Dasykalua Dasyuroides Dasyurus Myoictis Neophascogale Parantechinus Phascolosorex Pseudantechinus Sarcophilus Classification Tribe Dasyurini Genus Dasycercus Mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda Genus Dasykalua Little Red Kaluta, Dasykalua rosamondae Genus Dasyuroides Kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei Genus Dasyurus: quolls New Guinean Quoll, Dasyurus albopunctatus Western Quoll, Dasyurus geoffroii Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus Tiger Quoll, Dasyurus...
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Description The Little Red Kaluta is a rufous brown colour with fairly coarse fur. In body shape, it is generally similar to the antechinuses, although it has a shorter head and ears. It is also somewhat smaller than these animals.[3] Type Species Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 Species See text. ...
The Little Red Kaluta feeds on insects and small vertebrates. A notable habit is flicking its tail in the air as it investigates its habitat.[3]
Male Little Red Kalutas, like several other dasyurid species, die shortly after the September breeding season, probably due to stress. The young are born after a pregnancy of around seven weeks, and are weaned when around four months old.[3] Families Thylacinidae Dasyuridae Myrmecobiidae Most carnivorous marsupials belong to the order Dasyuromorphia, including the quolls, dunnarts, Numbat, Tasmanian Devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine. ...
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Habitat The Little Red Kaluta is found in the Pilbara and Little Sandy Desert in Western Australia, where it is moderately common. It occupies spinifex grassland.[4] The Pilbara is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. ...
The Little Sandy Desert is desert in Australia, located in Western Australia near the Great Sandy Desert. ...
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species Spinifex is any species of various clump-forming, perennial Australian grasses, growing in arid regions and having awl-shaped, pointed leaves. ...
Classification The Little Red Kaluta is a member of the family Dasyuridae. When it was first described by W.D.L. Ride in 1964, the species was placed in the genus Antechinus. However, in 1982 Mike Archer assigned it to its own genus. Subfamilies & Tribes Dasyurinae Dasyurini Phascogalini Sminthopsinae Sminthopsini Planigalini The marsupial family Dasyuridae includes 61 species divided into 15 genera. ...
Type Species Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 Species See text. ...
"Kaluta" is an Aboriginal name for this species, and this is reflected in the generic name Dasykaluta, which means "hairy kaluta". The species name, rosamondae, is a reference to Rosamund Clifford, the famous mistress of Henry II of England, who is said to have had red hair.[3] Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group...
Rosamund Clifford (born about 1150; died about 1176), often called The Fair Rosamund or the Rose of the World, was the long-time mistress of King Henry II of England, famous in English folklore. ...
Henry II of England (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as King of England (1154–1189), Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. ...
References - ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 24. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Dasykaluta rosamondae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006.
- ^ a b c d Woolley, P.A. (1995), "Little Red Kaluta", in Strahan, Ronald, The Mammals of Australia, Reed Books, pp. 57-58
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 58.
Dr Colin Groves is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. ...
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