Crest-tailed mulgara

Crest-tailed mulgara
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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)
	Crest-tailed mulgara range

The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), also called the ampurta,^[3] is a species of carnivorous marsupial from Australia. Also called the crest-tailed marsupial mouse, this animal slightly resembles a placental rat.

References

^ Woolley, P.A. (2005). "The species of Dasycercus Peters, 1875 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 62 (2): 213–221.
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^ Chris Pavey; Jeff Cole; John Woinarski (2006). "Threatened Species of the Northern Territory Crest-tailed Mulgara (Ampurta)" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission, Northern Territory (dead link).

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[memoirs-1] Woolley, P.A. (2005). "The species of Dasycercus Peters, 1875 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 62 (2): 213–221.

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[ampurta-3] Chris Pavey; Jeff Cole; John Woinarski (2006). "Threatened Species of the Northern Territory Crest-tailed Mulgara (Ampurta)" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission, Northern Territory (dead link).

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