Kowari

   

Kowari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Subclass:Marsupialia
Order:Dasyuromorphia
Family:Dasyuridae
Genus:Dasycercus
Species:byrnei
Binomial nomenclature
Dasycercus byrnei
Spencer, 1896


The Kowari is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the dry graslands and deserts of Australia. The diet consist of mainly insects and spiders, but probably also small lizards, birds or rodents.

Other names for the animal are Brush-tailed Marsupial Rat, Byrne's Marsupial Mouse, Byrne's Crested-tailed Marsupial Rat, Crested-tailed Marsupial Rat or Kawiri.

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