Thursday, October 25, 2007
Kultarr
It is the size of a mouse.
It lives in the desert.
It eats small animals.
Its fur is brownish grey.
It does not have a pouch, but a fold of skin on its belly.
The kultarr is a marsupial that is the size of a large mouse. It has long back legs and a long tail with a tuft on the end. Its fur is brownish grey on the back and white on the front.
When moving fast it does not hop, it bounds.It swivels on its front feet to change direction quickly.
It is a carnivore, which means it eats meat. It is an active predator, and eats insects, spiders and other small animals. It gets most of the moisture it needs from its prey, but it also licks dew that forms on plants during the night.
The kultarr lives in the arid (dry) desert areas of central Australia. It shelters from the heat of the day in a burrow, and hunts at night when it is cool.
The female gives birth to 6-8 young. She doesn't have the sort of pouch other marsupials have, but carries the babies on her belly protected by a fold of skin. After 4 weeks the young are kept in a nest for about 9 weeks. Then, until they are weaned at 12 weeks old, the young ride on their mother's back.
It lives in the desert.
It eats small animals.
Its fur is brownish grey.
It does not have a pouch, but a fold of skin on its belly.
The kultarr is a marsupial that is the size of a large mouse. It has long back legs and a long tail with a tuft on the end. Its fur is brownish grey on the back and white on the front.
When moving fast it does not hop, it bounds.It swivels on its front feet to change direction quickly.
It is a carnivore, which means it eats meat. It is an active predator, and eats insects, spiders and other small animals. It gets most of the moisture it needs from its prey, but it also licks dew that forms on plants during the night.
The kultarr lives in the arid (dry) desert areas of central Australia. It shelters from the heat of the day in a burrow, and hunts at night when it is cool.
The female gives birth to 6-8 young. She doesn't have the sort of pouch other marsupials have, but carries the babies on her belly protected by a fold of skin. After 4 weeks the young are kept in a nest for about 9 weeks. Then, until they are weaned at 12 weeks old, the young ride on their mother's back.
# posted by saffron @ 8:05 AM 
