Brush-tailed Phascogale 🐾
Species Profile
Phascogale tapoatafa
NT Near Threatened
Brush-tailed Phascogale
The brush-tailed phascogale ( Phascogale tapoatafa ), also known by its Australian native name tuan , the common wambenger or the black-tailed phascogale , is a rat-sized arboreal carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, characterized by a tuft of black silky hairs on the terminal portion of its tail. Males of this species do not live past the age of one, as they die after reproducing.
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