Crest-tailed mulgara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
Family: | Dasyuridae |
Genus: | Dasycercus |
Species: | D. cristicauda |
Binomial name | |
Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867) |
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Crest-tailed mulgara range |
The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), also called the ampurta, is a species of carnivorous marsupial from Australia. Also called the crest-tailed marsupial mouse, this animal slightly resembles a placental rat.