Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale

Northern Brush-tailed PhascogaleThe Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale has a dark-gray back, paler underside, and a brush of long black hairs toward the end of its tail. A 2021 Northern Territory government account reports most records from tall open forest in the Top End.What does it look like?The back is dark gray and the underside paler; the snout is pointed and the eyes are large. Long black hairs on the distal two-thirds of the long tail form a brush, and can stiffen when the animal is alarmed.How does it live?The Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale has a dark-gray back, paler underside, and a brush of long black hairs toward the end of its tail. A 2021 Northern Territory government account reports most records from tall open forest in the Top End.Most records of this species are from tall open forests dominated by Eucalyptus miniata and E. tetrodonta.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.