While the Tasmanian devil is the largest marsupial carnivore, the planigale is one of the smallest
Planigales generally weigh <10g - that& #39;s around 1% of a devils bodyweight! #DevilFactThursDay
Planigales generally weigh <10g - that& #39;s around 1% of a devils bodyweight! #DevilFactThursDay
For clarification, I MEANT to write “the planigales are” there
There are actually 4 species of planigale in Australia, with the long-tailed planigale taking the title of smallest marsupial of all!
Pic from Menkhorst & Knight (2011)
There are actually 4 species of planigale in Australia, with the long-tailed planigale taking the title of smallest marsupial of all!
Pic from Menkhorst & Knight (2011)
Has been brought to my attention that I messed up my calculations by a factor of 10:
A planigale would actually come out at around 0.1% of a Tasmanian devils bodyweight!
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A planigale would actually come out at around 0.1% of a Tasmanian devils bodyweight!
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