| Brush-tailed mulgara | |
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| Dasycercus blythi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Dasycercus |
| Species: | D. blythi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasycercus blythi (Waite, 1904)
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| Brush-tailed mulgara range | |
The brush-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus blythi), previously the mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda, is a medium sized carnivorous Australian marsupial species weighing approximately 100 g (3.5 oz). The brush-tailed mulgara is sexually dimorphic with males being much larger than females. Their body length is 12 to 17 cm (4.7 to 6.7 in), and tail length is 6–10 cm (2.4–3.9 in). They store fat in their tail which at times can be over 16 mm (0.63 in) wide at the base.
The taxonomy of the mulgaras has been confusing, but as of 2006,[2] the species names were clarified as this species being Dasycercus blythi (previously D. cristicauda) and the crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) previously (D. hillieri) .
- ^ Woolley, P. (2016). "Dasycercus blythi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6267A21945900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6267A21945900.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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