Dunnarts In The News

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Australian marsupials can see in full color, new research has found, making them the only other mammals apart from primates to do so.


"The new study supports Arrese's previous findings that the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) and honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus), ... , also see in full colour."

Yay Dunnarts!

Comments

[tropism.livejournal.com]

...So that little bastard can see the rich red blood when he bites you. Cool. ;)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Yes, cool... to a point.

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

From what I understood, fruit bats and guinea pigs can also see in color.

Marsupial color vision

[odious.livejournal.com]

I wonder if roos see in colors too. I noticed that they also studies dracopsis.

Re: Marsupial color vision

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

quokkas are a type of small wallaby, so I expect colour vision to run through the family.

http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/plants_animals/mammal.quokka.html

Re: Marsupial color vision

[odious.livejournal.com]

Right, I guess I said dracopsis instead of quokka. Maybe I should be getting to bed.