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Solomon has or used to have 20 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale

Phascogale pirata

Status: Vulnerable

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Phascogale pirata is found across 2 electorates.

The Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale is a carnivorous marsupial approximately 15–21 cm long, with silvery to dark grey fur and long dark hairs on the tail, which form a distinctive brush. The hairs can be stiffened when alarmed, giving a bottle-brush appearance. The species has a notably pointed snout, large ears and eyes and weighs about 150–200 g.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes