| Crest-tailed mulgara | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Dasycercus |
| Species: | D. cristicauda |
| Binomial name | |
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Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867) |
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| Crest-tailed mulgara range | |
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.