Not strictly true. Arboreal, long-tailed, marsupial mice would be better. Of the 2 species, the brush-tailed has a pouch while the red-tailed doesn't and its young are reared in a nest.
Also: "Sexual maturity is reached at about twelve months. Mating takes place in May and June and shortly after mating all males die. The reason for death is thought to be that the males put so much into breeding that their immune systems fail and they succumb to stress-related illnesses and die."
Not strictly true. Arboreal, long-tailed, marsupial mice would be better. Of the 2 species, the brush-tailed has a pouch while the red-tailed doesn't and its young are reared in a nest.
Also: "Sexual maturity is reached at about twelve months. Mating takes place in May and June and shortly after mating all males die. The reason for death is thought to be that the males put so much into breeding that their immune systems fail and they succumb to stress-related illnesses and die."