Distribution Map - Photo by Chermundy (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMake Full Use of Your Time<\/h2>\n
Unfortunately for this rodent, they don’t have a whole lot of time to spend on this beautiful planet of ours. Generally the females will not live into a second year, while the males hardly make it past mating season (May-August). As you can imagine, they have to take full advantage of their short time on earth. This may be why the Swamp Antechinus is mostly nocturnal but also comes out during the day to forage. I guess they figure that they will have plenty of time to sleep later so they might as well enjoy all 24 hours of the day.<\/p>\n
The Tasmania Saviour<\/h2>\n
Surprisingly, this rodent actually has a stable population, despite their short life-span. The reasoning behind this is the habitat protection these little creatures are receiving in Tasmania. Unfortunately, the same thing can’t be said for the rodents living on the mainland in southern Australia. As the habitat gets destroyed, their population is decreasing quite rapidly. Hopefully, the Tasmania population will continue to thrive in order to keep this species around for a very long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today’s featured animal is a small shrew-like marsupial that can be found occupying open forests or swampy areas throughout Tasmania. Yes, we are taking a long trip to the southern portion of Australia. I guarantee it will be worth it though since this area is beautiful and the Swamp Antechinus is one interesting little rodent. This particular marsupial is also known as the Little Tasmanian Marsupial Mouse and just happens to be related to a few other cool animals such as the Quoll and the ever popular, Tasmanian Devil. I can imagine their family reunions get a little scary when <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,3060,3059,3061,187,3058,4025,3057],"yoast_head":"\n
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