
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schmidt-Nielsen, K 
A1  - Newsome, AE 
T1  - Water Balance in the Mulgara (Dasycercus Cristicauda), A Carnivorous Desert Marsupial
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1962
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
SP  - 683
EP  - 689
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9620683 
N2  - A small Australian marsupial, the mulgara or crest-tailed marsupial-mouse (Dasycercu8 cristicauda Krefft), lives on a predominantly or exclusively carnivorous diet. It, inhabits the most arid part of central Australia where the average rainfall is 5-10 in. per year. In the laboratory and in the absence of heat stress, the animal can maintain or gain weight without drinking water on a diet of whole mice or fresh lean meat. Its kidney can produce a urine highly concentrated with respect to urea, and the large amounts of urea formed on a carnivorous diet can therefore be excreted in a relatively small volume of urine. This desert animal can therefore subsist on the water contained in its food without drinking free water or eating succulent plant material. 
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