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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Cameron Dodd,Andrew M. Baker,Kenny Travouillon,Linette Umbrello and Renee Catullo

Researchers discover two new species after genetic testing

The kultarr was thought to be a single widespread species - (Mark Marathon)

Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have only been scientifically recognised in the past 25 years.

Other than the iconic Tasmanian devil, chances are most of these small, fascinating species have slipped under your radar. One of the rarest and most elusive is the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger), a feisty insect-eater found in very low numbers across much of the outback.

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