Easily mistaken for a bush rat or native mouse, the mulgara is actually a carnivorous marsupial that comes from the same family group as the Tassie Devil and Spotted Quoll. Amazingly, mulgara don’t need to drink water, making this tiny furry creature the perfect desert dweller.

Uncover the secret life of the mulgara and see how Bush Heritage Australia works to protect this elusive desert-dwelling marsupial from extinction.

Sand dunes with Sandhill canegrass and around salt lakes with Nitre Bush. Central Australia along the border of South Australia and Northern Territory. It is carnivorous and eats insects and small reptiles and small mammals.

The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), is a small to medium-sized Australian carnivorous marsupial and a member of the family Dasyuridae (meaning "hairy tail") which includes quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, Tasmanian devil and extinct thylacine.

The brush-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus blythi), previously the mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda is a medium sized carnivorous Australian marsupial species weighing approximately 100 g. The brush-tailed mulgara is sexually dimorphic with males being much larger than females.

A mulgara attacks a mouse and other small vertebrates with lightening speed. It then devours the animal methodically from head to tail, inverting the skin in a remarkably neat fashion. It also is skillfull at dislodging insects from crevices by means of its tiny forepaws.

2014年10月23日 · THIS IS THE NATIVE Australian mulgara, a close relation of the Tasmanian devil and the quoll. With a length of 20cm – half of which is taken up by its tail – the mulgara is much smaller than its carnivorous cousins, but don’t be fooled!

Mulgaras are distributed through the arid regions of Western Australia where they live in short burrows. The Crest-tailed Mulgara is listed as Vulnerable.

Mulgaras are feisty little desert carnivores that eat insects, reptiles, and even other mammals. Explains everything about mulgara, member of the Dasyuromorphia order and the Dasyuridae family.

2023年10月25日 · Scientists from Curtin University, the Western Australian Museum and Murdoch University have identified three new species of mulgaras — small carnivorous marsupials related to the Tasmanian devil and quoll — and the researchers fear these new species may no longer exist in the wild. The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda).

2017年12月18日 · The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), which weighs just 5 ounces (150 grams), was once a common small carnivore in desert inland regions of the continent, according to a statement ...

Mulgaras are the six small rat -sized species in the genus Dasycercus. They are marsupial carnivores, closely related to the Tasmanian devil and the quolls, that live in deserts and spinifex grasslands of arid Australia. They are nocturnal, but occasionally "sunbathe" in the entrance of the burrow in which they dwell.

Mulgaras are known from small, scattered populations in the deserts, including near the Kennedy Range and the Collier Range. They they do not reach the Kimberley region. In WA crest-tailed mulgaras are regarded as a threatened species. Preferred habitat: These marsupials inhabit arid sandy regions that support spinifex grasslands. Life history:

The brush-tailed mulgara was only recently recognised as a different species to the crest-tailed mulgara. Both are muscular carnivorous marsupials with short round ears and short tapering tails. They are light reddish-brown or tan above and whitish below. Males are …

Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) This rare marsupial is distinguished by a crest of black hair along its tail. It is a fierce predator, feeding on large invertebrates, small rodents and reptiles and is well adapted to living in sandy desert conditions.

2017年12月17日 · The crest-tailed mulgara, one of two species of mulgara, still lives in the desert of Central Australia in other states, but now it's been found living in the Sturt National Park, right in the northwest corner of NSW.

2017年12月18日 · Once widespread across the deserts of inland Australia, the Crest-tailed Mulgara was largely wiped out by invasive rabbits, cats and foxes.