Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night. Scientists are finally learning how they live

By Hayley Stannard, Senior Lecturer in Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Charles Sturt University
Julie Old, Associate Professor in Biology, Zoology and Animal Science, Western Sydney University

In Australia’s arid and semi-arid zones lives a highly elusive predator. It’s small but fierce and feisty, with big eyes, long hind legs and a pointy nose. A carnivorous marsupial, it comes out at night to hunt its favourite foods: insects and spiders.

It’s rare for people to see this animal in the wild, owing to a combination of its remote habitat, habit of hiding underground in the daytime, small size, camouflaged coat, and fast speed. For anyone lucky to see one in the wild, they’re very easy to confuse with a mouse.

But this animal isn’t a rodent – it’s a marsupial known…

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