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Species Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867)

Crest-tailed Mulgara

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Historically far more widespread.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, burrower, desert sand dunes, low shrubland, noctidiurnal, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

 

General References

Adams, M., Cooper, N. & Armstrong, J. 2000. Revision of Dasycercus systematics. Unpublished report to the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage, Adelaide.

Archer, M. 1979. The status of Australian dasyurids, thylacinids and myrmecobiids. pp. 29-43 in Tyler, M.J. (ed.). The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia.

Chen, X., Dickman, C.R. & Thompson, M.B. 1998. Diet of the mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in the Simpson Desert, central Australia. Wildlife Research 25: 233-242

Cooper, D.W. & Woolley, P. 1983. Confirmation of a new species of small dasyurid marsupial by electrophoretic analysis of enzymes and proteins. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 743-751

Ellis, M. 1992. The mulgara, Dasycercus cristicaudata (Krefft, 1867): A new dasyurid record for New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 28: 57-58

Geiser, F. & Masters, P. 1994. Torpor in relation to reproduction in the mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Journal of Thermal Biology 19: 33-40

Gibson, D.F. & Cole, J.R. 1992. Aspects of the ecology of the mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda, (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 15: 105-112

Jones, F.W. 1949. The study of a generalised marsupial (Dasycercus cristicauda Krefft). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 26: 409-501

Masters, P. 1993. The effects of fire-driven succession and rainfall on small mammals in spinifex grassland at Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. Wildlife Research 20: 803-813

Masters, P. 1998. The mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) at Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 20: 403-407

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp. (as D. hillieri)

Morton, S.R. 1982. Dasyurid marsupials of the Australian arid zone: an ecological review. pp. 117-130 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp. (especially bibliography)

Pearson, D. 1991. First records of the mulgara, Dasycercus cristicaudata, from the Gibson Desert and Queen Victoria Spring Nature Reserves. Western Australian Naturalist 18: 159-161

Thompson, G.G. & Thompson, S.A. 2007. Shape and spatial distribution of Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) burrows, with comments on their presence in a burnt habitat and a translocation protocol. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 90: 195-202 (once found throughout WA, geographic range now reduced)

van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp. [49]

Woolley, P.A. 1987. Phallic morphology of Dasyuriodes byrnei and Dasycercus cristicauda (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 35: 535-540

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. 1995. Mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda. pp. 55-56 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Woolley, P.A. 2005. The species of Dasycercus Peters, 1875 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62(2): 213-221 (recognised Dasycercus blythi as a valid 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)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)