planigale – Critter Science https://critter.science Animal Facts and Education Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:41:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-critter-science_logo_icon-1-32x32.jpg planigale – Critter Science https://critter.science 32 32 The Long-Tailed Planigale https://critter.science/the-long-tailed-planigale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-long-tailed-planigale https://critter.science/the-long-tailed-planigale/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2023 07:00:54 +0000 https://critter.science/?p=17010 long-tailed planigale

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The long-tailed planigale, aka Ingram’s planigale or the northern planigale, is among the smallest of the known marsupials. These diminutive critters hail from Australia. They prefer clay-soiled woodlands, blacksoil plains, and seasonally flooded grasslands. Due to a stable population, these tiny creatures are listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. […]

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The common planigale, aka pygmy planigale or coastal planigale, is a small carnivorous (eats meat) marsupial that hails from northern and eastern Australia, as well as Great Keppel Island. They can be found in sclerophyll forests (vegetation that has adapted to long periods of dry, hot weather), rainforests, grasslands, marshlands, […]

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