biology

Black-tailed dasyure

Black-tailed dasyure is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Black-tailed dasyure rather than just read about it. In short: The black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus) is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. Range and habitat The Black-tailed dasyure is native to New Guinea, where it ranges across the Central Cordillera of Western New Guinea, which is part of Indonesia, and of Papua New Guinea.

Key takeaways

Black-tailed dasyure belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Black-tailed dasyure to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Black-tailed dasyure from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus) is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae.

Range and habitat The Black-tailed dasyure is native to New Guinea, where it ranges across the Central Cordillera of Western New Guinea, which is part of Indonesia, and of Papua New Guinea. It is also present in the Arfak Mountains of Western New Guinea and the Torricelli Mountains in northern Papua New Guinea. It is found from sea level to mid-montane areas up to 2,800 meters elevation. Its natural habitat is forest, including lowland rain forest and montane rain forest (mid-montane forest, beech forest, pandanus forest, and mossy forest). It is fairly abundant across its range, and its population is stable.

Breeding The Black-tailed dasyure breeds throughout the year. Females have up to four young.

References

External links Scientists discover new species with fatal attraction on Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland—Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Wednesday, 19 February 2014)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Black-tailed dasyure

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Black-tailed dasyure claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Black-tailed dasyure before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Black-tailed dasyure ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Black-tailed dasyure

In research: Black-tailed dasyure appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Black-tailed dasyure in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Black-tailed dasyure is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Dasyuromorphs, IUCN Red List least concern species, Mammals described in 1899, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Black-tailed dasyure outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Black-tailed dasyure in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Black-tailed dasyure means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Black-tailed dasyure in simple terms?

The black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus) is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. Range and habitat The Black-tailed dasyure is native to New Guinea, where it ranges across the Central Cordillera of Western New Guinea, which is part of Indonesia, and of Papua New Guinea.

Why does Black-tailed dasyure matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Black-tailed dasyure?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Black-tailed dasyure.