The desert rat-kangaroo, thought extinct, may still exist in the Sturt Stony Desert. Research on its skull biomechanics reveals it likely consumed softer foods, contrary to previous beliefs.

Officially, the ngudlukanta – also known as the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) – is one of the many small Australian mammals lost to cats and foxes, but all hope is not gone.

Credit: HH Finlayson (The Red Centre: Man and Beast in the Heart of Australia. Angus & Robertson Limited, Sydney, Australia. 2nd Ed. 1936) New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new ...

There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the traditional custodians of its Country of origin, the Wangkangurru ...

Photograph taken at night by using a headlamp to spot "eye shine" Luna County New Mexico. Image via Bcexp, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ...

Adelaide, Feb 27 – The formidable bite of an animal often comes down to size, and the desert rat-kangaroo, or ngudlukanta, illustrates this perfectly. This small marsupial, possibly extinct, hails ...

When it comes to how hard an animal can bite, size always matters. There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the ...

There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the traditional custodians of its Country of origin, the Wangkangurru ...

There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the traditional custodians of its Country of origin, the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi ...