Lemuroid ringtail possum

**Lemuroid ringtail possum** ( ***Hemibelideus lemuroides*** ), wanda kuma aka sani da **lemur-kamar ringtail possum** ko **brushy-tailed ringtail**, memba ne na gaske na ƙungiyar possum ringtail . An taba tunanin cewa sun kasance mafi girma gliders ( *Petauroides volans* ); *Hemibelideus* a zahiri yana fassara a matsayin "rabi-glider" ( *belideus* kasancewa ɗan ƙaramin nau'i na *Petaurus*, ma'ana "glider").  An lakafta su don yanayin fuskar su na gani kamar kamannin primate lemurs marasa dangantaka, tare da gajeren snouts, manyan, idanu masu zuwa gaba da ƙananan kunnuwa, suna kama da sauran nau'i na gliding possums a cikin musculo-skeletal adaptations don sauke salon tsalle. Doguwar wutsiya mai tsayi ita ce ƙarin daidaitawa ga mazauninsu na arboreal. 

Yana da wutsiya mafi girma idan aka kwatanta da sauran zobe, kuma za'a iya bambanta shi da mafi girma glider ta rashin kyalli da kuma guntun kunnuwa mara gashi. Yana da matsayi na zamantakewa, kuma ana samuwa a cikin manyan nau'o'in launi guda biyu: nau'i mai launin ruwan kasa mai launin ruwan kasa,  tare da launin ruwan kasa mai launin rawaya, da kuma wani nau'i mai launin fari, wanda ya faru a cikin Daintree Rainforest kuma an gani na karshe a 2005 a Dutsen Lewis National Park, kuma a cikin 2008 ya yi imanin cewa ya kusan ƙare.   

Ana samun wannan possum a wani ɗan ƙaramin yanki mai girman hekta 300,000 gabaɗaya, tsakanin Ingham da Cairns a cikin Queensland, Ostiraliya, da kuma a cikin keɓancewar jama'a a kan Dutsen Carbine Tableland,  duka a cikin yankin Wet Tropics World Heritage Area .  Suna da tsayayyen arboreal kuma suna zaune a cikin manyan dazuzzukan dazuzzuka masu girma kuma suna fifita nau'ikan bishiya, galibi ana samun su sama da mita 480-900 a tsayi. Tsawon jiki shine 30-38&nbsp;cm da tsayin wutsiya 30-35&nbsp;cm, yin la'akari tsakanin 810 da 1140 grams . 

Stephen Williams, mai bincike kan sauyin yanayi da bambancin halittu a cibiyar kula da halittu masu zafi da canjin yanayi a Jami'ar James Cook, Queensland, ya bayyana cewa ba a ga kowa ba tsawon shekaru da yawa bayan zafin zafi na 2005, lokacin da aka fara ganin wasu kaɗan (an lura da uku a cikin Daintree National Park, a Cape York Peninsula a  a hankali ya dawo da lambobi.  Williams ya ce a cikin 2009 cewa babu wani dalili da za a yi imani da bambance-bambancen fararen fata fiye da launin ruwan kasa. 

Sannan zazzafar zafi ta gaba ta afku a cikin watan Nuwamba 2018, lokacin da yankin Cairns ya fuskanci matsanancin zafi tun lokacin da aka fara rikodin - har ma da dutse mafi girma a cikin ruwan zafi ya kai 39.&nbsp;°C. Yawancin nau'ikan wurare masu zafi ba za su iya jure matsanancin zafi ba, ba tare da samun wasu hanyoyin da za su kwantar da jikinsu ba, a cewar Williams; za su iya mutuwa daga yanayin zafi sama da digiri 29. Ya ce, a cikin shekaru 15 da suka gabata bisa tsari nau'in nau'in halittu sun fara bacewa daga kan tudu, lamarin da ya sa jimillar jama'a ta ragu yayin da suke kan iyaka zuwa kananan wurare a tuddai masu tsayi. Wannan yana sanya matsin lamba ga halittun da ke zaune a cikin tsaunuka irin su lemuroid possum, wadanda ba su da inda za su; dajin damina mafi kusa yana da nisan kilomita 1000. 

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