Black-tailed Dasyure

Black-tailed DasyureThe black-tailed dasyure is a small marsupial from New Guinea. A 2020 study found variation in coat color; one illustrated specimen had bright ear patches, grey shoulders, a red rump and a black tail.What does it look like?Pelage varied among specimens assigned to M. melanurus in the study. The illustrated Mount Missim specimen had bright ear patches, grey shoulders, a red rump and a black tail.How does it live?The black-tailed dasyure is a small marsupial from New Guinea. A 2020 study found variation in coat color; one illustrated specimen had bright ear patches, grey shoulders, a red rump and a black tail.Scats examined at Mount Missim in Papua New Guinea contained many beetles, along with grasshoppers and other invertebrates. This finding is specific to that study site.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.