Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Mammalia » Marsupialia » Australidelphia » Diprotodontia

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Yellow cone565nm  565nm
Green cone505nm  505nm
Rod502nm  502nm
SWS cone350nm  364nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Green cone
Yellow cone
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Cyan
583nm - 537nm - 491nm
 
Yellow cone Green cone Photopic
Green-UVA
522nm - 411nm - 363nm
 
Green cone
Yellow cone
SWS cone
(Rod)
Photopic

Please wait...

Please wait...

Please wait...

Please wait...

 

Notes and References:

Arrese, C. A., Hart, N. S., Thomas, N., Beazley, L. D., Shand, J. Trichromacy in Australian Marsupials (2002) Current Biology, 12 pp. 657-60

Ebeling W, Natoli RC, Hemmi JM (2010) Diversity of Color Vision: Not All Australian Marsupials Are Trichromatic. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14231. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014231

Ghim MM, Hodos W (2006) Spatial contrast sensitivity of birds. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 192(5):523-34. doi:10.1007/s00359-005-0090-5

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



Note: Many species may have gaps in available data, which may be filled in with extrapolations from closely related species. The AVIAN website is copyright © 2011-2024 J. Gagnon. All rights reserved unless otherwise specified.