crest-tailed marsupial mouse
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The crest-tailed marsupial mouse, also known as the mulgara, is a small, predatory animal found in Australia. It belongs to the family Dasyuridae, which includes many other small, mouselike marsupials. These animals are typically nocturnal and subsist on insects and small vertebrates, obtaining all their necessary water from the bodies of their prey. The crest-tailed marsupial mouse is valued for its ability to kill house mice. Marsupials, as a group, are mammals characterized by giving birth to underdeveloped young that continue to develop in a pouch.12
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