 | This article needs attention from an expert in Monotremes and Marsupials. The specific problem is: taxonomy has again shifted and D. hilleri is once again valid. (January 2024) |
| Crest-tailed mulgara Temporal range:
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| Crest-tailed mulgara, Simpson Desert | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Dasycercus |
| Species: | D. cristicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867)
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| Crest-tailed mulgara range | |
The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) is a small to medium-sized Australian carnivorous marsupial and a member of the family Dasyuridae (meaning "hairy tail")[1] which includes quolls, dunnarts, numbats, the endangered Tasmanian devil and the extinct thylacine. The crest-tailed mulgara is among a group of native predatory mammals or mesopredators endemic to arid Australia.[2]
- ^ "A mammalian lexicon". Biology of Mammals. 27 May 2018.
- ^ Pavey, C. R., Nano, C. E. M., Cooper, S. J. B., Cole, J. R., & McDonald, P. J. (2012). Habitat use, population dynamics and species identification of mulgara, Dasycercus blythi and D. cristicauda, in a zone of sympatry in central Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 59(3), 156-169. doi:10.1071/ZO11052