Mulgaras are the six small rat-sized species in the genus Dasycercus.[3] 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. Their kidneys are highly developed to excrete extremely concentrated urine to preserve water, as the animals rarely drink. They feed mostly on insects, but also eat reptiles and small mammals. They are seasonal breeders and breed from June to September. The pouch comprises two lateral folds of skin.
Traditionally, two distinct but very similar species were recognized. The brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi, previously classified as D. cristicauda), has an uncrested tail, two upper premolars, and six nipples. The crest-tailed mulgara (previously D. hillieri, but now reclassified as D. cristicauda) has a crested tail, three upper premolars, and eight nipples.[4] More recently, the Ampurta (D. hillieri) was once again recognized and three additional species were described: the southern mulgara (D. archeri), the little mulgara (D. marlowi), and the northern mulgara (D. woolleyae).[2]
The generic name Dasycercus means "hairy tail".[5]
^Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ abcdeNewman-Martin, Jake; Travouillon, Kenny J.; et al. (2023). "Taxonomic review of the genus Dasycercus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) using modern and subfossil material; and the description of three new species". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47 (4): 624–661. Bibcode:2023Alch...47..624N. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2262083.
^Chris Pavey; Jeff Cole; John Woinarski (2005). "THREATENED SPECIES OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY BRUSH-TAILED MULGARA" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission, Northern Territory. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
^Woolley, P.A. (2005). "The species of Dasycercus Peters, 1875 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 62 (2): 213–221. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.8.
^Woolley, P.A. (1995). "Mulgara". In Ronald Strahan (ed.). The Mammals of Australia. Reed Books. pp. 55–56.
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...
The little mulgara (Dasycercus marlowi) is a newly described species of mulgara. The species is named posthumously after Basil Marlow the Australian mammalogist...
The southern mulgara (Dasycercus archeri) is a newly described, potentially extinct, species of mulgara. The species is named after Australian palaeontologist...
The northern mulgara (Dasycercus woolleyae) is a newly described, and potentially extinct, species of mulgara. The species is named after Dr. Patricia...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
The ampurta (Dasycercus hillieri) is a species of mulgara. Newman-Martin, Jake; Travouillon, Kenny J.; et al. (2023). "Taxonomic review of the genus Dasycercus...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
Dasyuroides. For some time it was included in the genus Dasycercus with the mulgaras, however recent genetic work has confidently separated the kowari as their...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
also includes the Tasmanian devil, the antechinus, the kowari, and the mulgara. Genetic analysis of cytochrome b DNA and 12S rRNA of the mitochondria...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, kowari, mulgara, kaluta, dibblers, phascogales, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian devil...
perentie) and numerous species of lizards and birds. Mammals include bilbies, mulgara, common brushtail possum, rufous hare-wallaby, burrowing bettong, the black-flanked...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
endangered sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) and the crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda). One way to survive here is to burrow into the...
(Mulgaras) Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D...
used through the RDF4J API, including Ontotext GraphDB (built as a SAIL), Mulgara, and AllegroGraph. Through the stackable interface, functionality can be...
Global Information
