Northern brush-tailed phascogale

{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}

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| name = Northern brush-tailed phascogale

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Woinarski, J.C.Z. |author2=Rhind, S. |author3=Oakwood, M. |date=2019 |title=Phascogale pirata |volume=2019 |page=e.T16889A21944455 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T16889A21944455.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Phascogale

| species = pirata

| authority = Thomas, 1904

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| range_map = Common Wambenger area.png

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{{leftlegend|#FFC90E|P. tapoatafa kimberleyensis|outline=gray}}

{{leftlegend|#B5E61D|P. tapoatafa wambenger|outline=gray}}

{{leftlegend|#166F2D|P. tapoatafa tapoatafa|outline=gray}}

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The northern brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale pirata), also known as the northern brush-tailed wambenger or northern brush-tailed mousesack is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. It is endemic to northern Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=82954|title=Phascogale pirata — Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale|work=Species Profile and Threats Database|publisher=Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities|year=2013|location=Canberra, Australia|access-date=20 January 2013}}

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