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Little mulgara

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Little mulgara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Dasycercus
Species:
D. marlowi
Binomial name
Dasycercus marlowi
Newman-Martin & Travouillon, 2023

The little mulgara (Dasycercus marlowi) is a newly described species of mulgara.[1] The species is named posthumously after Basil Marlow the Australian mammalogist and former curator of mammals at the Australian Museum.[1]

As the name suggests, the little mulgara is the smallest of the mulgaras. The total length of the holotype, and only specimen, is 195 mm (7.7 in).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Newman-Martin, Jake; Travouillon, Kenny J.; et al. (2023). "Taxonomic review of the genus Dasycercus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) using modern and subfossil material; and the description of three new species". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47 (4): 624–661. Bibcode:2023Alch...47..624N. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2262083.