- Crest-tailed Mulgara
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Crest-tailed Mulgara[1] 
Conservation status 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. http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/3920/62_woolley.pdf.
- ^ Woolley, P. (2008). Dasycercus cristicauda. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 October 2008.
- ^ Chris Pavey, Jeff Cole, John Woinarski (2006). "THREATENED SPECIES OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY CREST-TAILED MULGARA (AMPURTA)" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission, Northern Territory. http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/animals/threatened/pdf/mammals/cresttail_mulgara_vu.pdf.
Categories:- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Dasyuromorphs
- Mammals of the Northern Territory
- Mammals of South Australia
- Mammals of Western Australia
- Mammals of New South Wales
- Marsupials of Australia
- Vulnerable fauna of Australia
- Marsupial stubs
- Western Australia stubs
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