Brush-tailed phascogale: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brush-tailed phascogale lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phascogale tapoatafa
Group	Marsupials
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the brush-tailed phascogale live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brush-tailed phascogale in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brush-tailed phascogale endangered?

The brush-tailed phascogale’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brush-tailed phascogale?

The brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Phascogale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brush-tailed phascogale

The brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), also known by its Australian native name tuan, the common wambenger, the black-tailed mousesack 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brush-tailed phascogale (revision 1374394511), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194194 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).