The desert rat-kangaroo was known to eat mostly leaves ... "Finetuning the search through understanding the animals' diet better might just resurrect the little desert survivor once more," adds ...

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

The desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), a small, hopping marsupial believed to be extinct since 1994, may still be hiding in the vast and harsh Sturt Stony Desert of Australia. A recent ...

As the last ice age was ending, Australian megafauna that included giant kangaroos went extinct, and it is even more depressing than we thought.

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...

To better understand its diet and feeding behaviour ... In fact, the desert rat-kangaroo was already a Lazarus species after its rediscovery in the 1930s. The story of the ngudlukanta therefore ...

By comparing the results to those from related species, such as bettongs and potoroos, they shed light on the desert rat-kangaroo’s diet. “We were surprised to find the heftier skull of the ...

The desert rat-kangaroo was known to eat mostly leaves ... “Finetuning the search through understanding the animals’ diet better might just resurrect the little desert survivor once more ...

Officially, the ngudlukanta – also known as the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris ... the habitat they once favored, and their diet is probably the best guide.

The Matschie's tree kangaroo is endemic to the Huon Peninsula on the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. Matschie's tree kangaroos live in mountainous cloud forests at elevations of up to 11,000 ...