Species Dasycercus blythi (Waite, 1904)
Brush-tailed Mulgara
- Phascogale blythi Waite, E.R. 1904. Description of a new Phascogale from North Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 122-124.
Type data:
Syntype(s) WAM M578 (renumbered M41476) ♂, WA, 'collected in the Pilbara region'; WAM M579 (renumbered M41477) ♀, WA, 'collected in the Pilbara region'.
Generic Combinations
- Dasycercus blythi (Waite, 1904).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Spinifex grassland.
General References
Masters, P. 2003. Movement patterns and spatial organisation of the mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in central Australia. Wildlife Research 30: 339-344
Woolley, P. 1971. Maintenance and breeding of laboratory colonies of Dasyuroides byrnei and Dasycercus cristicaiuda. International Zoo Yearbook 11: 54, 351-354
Woolley, P.A. 1990. Mulgaras, Dasycercus cristicauda (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae); their burrows, and records of attempts to collect live animals between 1966 and 1979. Australian Mammalogy 13: 61-64
Woolley, P.A. 2005. The species of Dasycercus Peters, 1875 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62(2): 213-221 (recognised that D. cristicauda and D. hillieri, were in fact synonyms, and D. blythi a distinct species)
Woolley, P.A. 2006. Studies on the crest-tailed mulgara Dasycrcus cristicauda and the brush-tailed mulgara Dasycercus blythi (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 28: 117-120 (comments on confusion and misidentification of species in past studies)
Common Name References
van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp. [47] (Brush-tailed Mulgara)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | DASYUROMORPHIA | 17-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2010 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |