Definitions
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- noun Any of various small
marsupials of the genus Dasyuroides similar torats
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Examples
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The "kowari" soon crawled off I decided to follow it hoping it might live near somewhere I can find food.
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However a high number of mammal species, 14 percent of the total mammalian fauna, are considered regionally or globally threatened, including the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis VU), hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes), dusky hopping mouse (Notomys fuscus VU), mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda VU), and kowari.
Simpson desert 2008
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Species endemic to this ecoregion include the grey grasswren (Amytornis barbatus) and the kowari (Dasycercus byrnei), which is listed as vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
Simpson desert 2008
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Then suddenly a strange bilby like creature hopped from behind the tree, Surely its not a bilby I thought, I looked in my wildlife book to discover it was a kowari.
aujourdui commented on the word kowari
fluffy marsupial
April 26, 2008
sionnach commented on the word kowari
What is the difference between a kowari and a quoll?
April 26, 2008