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Dasycercus cristicauda (Mulgara)

Synonyms: Chaetocercus cristicauda; Dasycercus hillieri

Wikipedia Abstract

The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), also called the ampurta, is a species of carnivorous marsupial from Australia. Also called the crest-tailed marsupial mouse, this animal slightly resembles a placental rat.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.48
EDGE Score: 2.25
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  87 grams
Female Weight [1]  95 grams
Male Weight [1]  80 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  18.8 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [2]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  10 months 15 days
Male Maturity [3]  10 months 15 days
Gestation [3]  38 days
Litter Size [3]  7
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  7 years
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)
Weaning [3]  4 months 1 day

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Simpson Desert Regional Reserve 7225245 South Australia, Australia      
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park II 332429 Northern Territory, Australia
Witjira National Park II 1901150 South Australia, Australia      

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chabaudechina haycocki <Unverified Name>[5]
Linstowinema gracile <Unverified Name>[5]
Toxoplasma gondii[6]
Xenopsylla vexabilis (Rat flea)[7]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 6Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 7International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0