Red-Tailed Phascogale
Phascogale calura
Family Dasyuridae
About
The red-tailed phascogale, also known as the red-tailed wambenger, red-tailed mousesack, or kenngoor, is a small, carnivorous marsupial found in inland areas of south-western Western Australia, and has been reintroduced in sanctuaries in WA and the Northern Territory. It is listed as near threatened by the IUCN Red List and vulnerable under the federal EPBC Act, and its status varies between extinct and conservation-dependent under respective legislation in other states and territories of Australia.
How to spot it
The red-tailed phascogale is smaller and browner than its close relative, the brush-tailed phascogale. It is around 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs about 60 g (2.1 oz). As in the brush-tailed phascogale, male red-tailed phascogales die following their first mating as a result of stress-related diseases.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park — Central Australia & the Red Centre, NT hikes