I-possum elincane elincane yisilwane esimangalisayo, esaziwa ngobuqili baso. Umndeni we-possum unemindeni emibili, lapho ama-subspecies ayi-17 ahluke ngokuphelele komunye nomunye.
Incazelo
Lezi zilwane zincane ngosayizi: kusuka kumasentimitha ayisikhombisa kuye kumashumi amahlanu ubude. Umsila, njengomthetho, kuwo wonke ama-subspecies unamandla amakhulu futhi i-prehensile (ubude bomsila buhluka kusuka kumasentimitha ama-4 kuye kwangu-55), abuye abambelele kuwo emagatsheni. Isisindo sezilwane naso sihluke kakhulu. Isibonelo, isisindo somuntu omdala onomusa weChacoesian asidluli amagremu angama-40. Lapho izihlobo ezidume kakhulu zama-possum ezivamile nezaseVirginia zifinyelela kuma-6 kilogram wesisindo.
Uboya balezi zinhlobo bude futhi bukhulu. Umbala womzimba mpunga, imilenze imnyama, icishe ibe mnyama. Isifonyo sihlangene futhi sinombala wokukhanya (ocishe ube mhlophe).
Indawo yokuhlala
Indawo yokuhlala yama-possum ibanzi kakhulu futhi iqala engxenyeni eseningizimu-mpumalanga yeCanada, bese idlula cishe zonke izifundazwe ezisempumalanga (ukusuka eNtshonalanga Virginia kuya e-Alabama). Ama-opossum nawo asabalele kakhulu ezwenikazi laseNingizimu Melika: e-Argentina, ePeru, eBrazil, e-Uruguay naseBolivia. Ezinye izinhlobo zitholakala eCaribbean.
Lezi zilwane zikhetha ukuhlala emahlathini, emaqeleni nasehlane eliwugwadule. Kunezinhlobo ezaziwayo ezihlala kuze kufike kumamitha ayizinkulungwane ezine ngaphezulu kogu lolwandle.
Idla ini i-possum?
Ama-opossum yizilwane ezi-omnivorous. Ukudla kwabo kufaka izithelo (njengamagilebhisi asendle noma ama-plums), imbewu nezinhlamvu (njengombila ovela emasimini). Bangadla kalula igundane elincane. Izibankwa ezahlukahlukene, amaxoxo, iminenke, ama-slugs nezikelemu nakho kufakiwe ekudleni okuhlukahlukene. Izinyoni ezincane zingafinyelela nase-possum ngesidlo sasemini. Isibiliboco osithandayo amaqanda ezinyoni. I-opossum ithola isidleke, ibambelele ngomsila wayo onamandla egatsheni elikhula phezulu, lilenga libheke phansi bese liba amaqanda esidlekeni.
Njengoba izinhlobo eziningi ze-opossum zinokuzivikela okungokwemvelo kwezinye izinhlobo zobuhlungu bezinyoka, izinyoka nazo zingena ekudleni, ikakhulukazi, ezinye izinhlobo zingazingela i-rattlesnake.
Futhi, ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi, ama-possum ngokuvamile athola ukudla kwawo emigqonyeni kadoti.
Izitha zemvelo
Ama-Possums anezitha ezanele endaweni yawo yemvelo.
Kubantu abadala, izimpungushe nama-lynx ziwusongo. AmaCoyotes nawo avame ukuzingela ama-possum. Izinyoni ezinkulu ezidla nazo ziyingozi (ikakhulukazi izikhova).
Izinyoka ziyingozi enkulu entsheni.
Amaqiniso Athandekayo
- Ukukhulelwa kuma-possum kuhlala amasonto ambalwa kuphela, noma kunalokho kuze kube yizinsuku eziyi-13. Insimu yayo efinyelela kumawundlu angama-25. Ababoni nhlobo futhi abakwazi ukuzisiza. Kumama, le nkukhu ihlala izinyanga ezi-3 -3.5. Kusukela eminyakeni emibili yezinyanga, amawundlu ahamba ngemuva kukanina, abambelele eboyeni.
- IVessum yaseVirginia inesisindo esingu-0,13 kuphela amagremu lapho izalwa, kanti ubude bomzimba bungamamilimitha ayi-14.
- Ama-opossum kukholakala ukuthi yizilwane ezindala kakhulu emhlabeni wethu. Futhi eminyakeni edlule, ukuziphendukela kwemvelo kuye kwahlala kungashintshi.
- AmaPossum anendlela engajwayelekile yokuzivikela ezilwaneni ezidla ezinye. Lapho isilo sizizwa sisongelwa, siwela ngohlangothi, sifile. Ngasikhathi sinye, kukhipha iphunga elinyanyisayo nelinyanyekayo, kuvela amagwebu emlonyeni, namehlo abe yisibuko, lesi silwane siyeke ukuphefumula. Ngakho-ke i-possum ilele isikhathi esithile kuze kudlule usongo.
