sentences:  The young detach from the teats at a month after birth and mothers begin weaning the young at three months (Read, 1985)
  In captivity females give birth to two litters with an average of six young annually, but in the wild it is more likely only a single litter will be produced (Read 2008).Population densities tend to fluctuate from year to year, however, despite some declines in distribution, this species appears stable.There appear to be no major or widespread threats to the narrow-nosed Planigale species.