Crest-tailed mulgara juveniles
Maker
Frederic Wood Jones (b.1879, d.1954)
Date
Circa 1930-1937
Description
Potted specimen of three juvenile crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), pouch young. The specimens are preserved in fluid and contained in a rectangular, glass battery jar. The mulgara is a small to medium-sized carnivorous marsupial endemic to deserts and spinifex grasslands in Central Australia. In response to their arid environment, mulgara kidneys are highly developed to excrete extremely concentrated urine, as the animals rarely drink.
See full details
Do you know something about this object?
Be the first to comment on this object record.