Tarsipes rostratus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Tarsipedidae
- Genus
- Tarsipes
- Species
- Tarsipes rostratus
- Scientific Name
- Tarsipes rostratus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Honey possum
The honey possum or noolbenger (Tarsipes rostratus), is a tiny species of marsupial that feeds on the nectar and pollen of a diverse range of flowering plants. Found only in southwest Australia, it is an important pollinator for such plants as Banksia attenuata, Banksia coccinea and Adenanthos cuneatus.
...Tarsipes rostratus in languages:
- Arabic
- أبوسوم العسل
- Bokmål
- Nektarpossum
- Bokmål
- Honningpungmus
- Czech
- possum medosavý
- Dutch
- Slurfbuidelmuis
- English
- Honey Possum
- English
- Noolbenger
- Finnish
- mesipussikiipijä
- French
- souris à miel
- Polish
- ostronóg kwiatowy
- Russian
- Хоботноголовый кускус
- Russian
- Поссум-медоед
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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