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Kultarr
The kultarr ''Antechinomys laniger'' is a small insectivorous nocturnal marsupial inhabiting the arid interior of Australia. Preferred habitat includes stony deserts, shrubland, woodland, grassland and opens plains.〔Van Dyck, S., Strahan, R., 2008. The mammals of Australia / edited by Steve van Dyck and Ronald Strahan.〕 The kultarr has a range of adaptations to help cope with Australia’s harsh arid environment including torpor similar to hibernation that helps conserve energy〔Geiser, F., 2004. The role of torpor in the life of Australian arid zone mammals. Aust. Mammal. 26, 125–134.〕 The species has declined across its former range since European settlement due to changes in land management practices and introduced predators.〔Stannard, H.J., Old, J.M., 2014. Biology, life history, and captive management of the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger). Zoo Biol. 33, 157–165.〕〔Menkhorst, P., 2004. A field guide to the mammals of Australia / Peter Menkhorst, Frank Knight.〕
==Description==
The kultarr is a small carnivorous marsupial of the Dasyuridae family with unique morphological features. The kultarr is nocturnal, hunting a variety of invertebrates including spiders, crickets and cockroaches. During the day it shelters in a burrows in hollow logs, beneath grass tussocks, at the base of shrubs and trees or cracks in the soil.〔〔
Males weigh between 17-30 grams and 80-100 mm in length. Females are slightly smaller between 14–29 grams and 70–95 mm in length. They have a brown or fawn-sandy color, with a white underside.〔〔〔 The kultarr has a long tail with a distinctive dark brush-like tip. The kultarr has a sharply pointed muzzle with particularly large eyes and ears, with eyes having dark rings around them.〔〔 The kultarr has distinguishing elongated hind legs having four toes similar to Macropodidae. The kultarrs hind legs are designed for a bipedal or hopping style movement.〔Troughton, E., 1973. Furred animals of Australia / () Ellis Troughton ; With twenty-five plates in colour by Neville W. Cayley - Charles Sturt University (Document ). URL http://primo.unilinc.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=alma7146565230002351&indx=1&recIds=alma7146565230002351&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&dscnt=0&rfnGrp=frbr&frbg=978518866&scp.scps=scope%3A%28DTL_CSU_UNLOCKED%29%2Cscope%3A%28CSU%29%2Cscope%3A%28CSU_DTL_OPEN%29%2Cscope%3A%28CSU_EQUELLA%29%2Cprimo_central_multiple_fe&fctV=978518866&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1440846295358&vl(96177725UI0)=any&srt=rank&cs=frb&mode=Basic&lastPagIndx=1&dum=true&lastPag=&frbrSrt=date&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&vl(freeText0)=Furred%20Animals%20of%20Australia.%20Australia&vid=CSU&gathStatIcon=true (accessed 8.29.15).〕 used to evade predators and catch prey such as insects 〔Marlow, B.J., 1969. A comparison of the locomotion of two desert-living Australian mammals, Antechinomys spenceri (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and Notomys cervinus (Rodentia: Muridae). J. Zool. 157, 159–167. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1969.tb01695.x〕〔 Kultarrs have been recorded moving at speeds of 13.8 km/h in open country.〔Garland, T., Geiser, F., Baudinette, R.V., 1988. Comparative locomotor performance of marsupial and placental mammals. J. Zool. 215, 505–522. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02856.x〕
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