Brush-tailed phascogale Size:17 x 27 cm (A4) designed by the National Capital

designed by the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC)

once endemic to Central Australia

Ellis Rowan (1848-1922) stands out today as one of the great Australian artists and natural historians of the 19th century

the scene of environmental destruction depicted here is also remarkable

Brush-tailed phascogale Size:17 x 27 cm (A4) designed by the National CapitalCreator Gould's Mammals of Australia (1845 1863) Date 1863 The brush tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), also known by its Australian native name tuan, the common wambenger, the black tailed mousesack or the black tailed phascogale, is a rat sized arboreal carnivorous marsupial characterized by a tuft of black silky hairs on the terminal portion of its tail. Males of this species do not live past the age of one, as they die after reproducing.