Officially, the ngudlukanta – also known as the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) – is one of the many small Australian mammals lost to ... the ngudlukantas’ capability noted that its jaw ...

There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo ... jaw were unlikely to help it eat harder foods. Instead, its solid skull features mostly compensated for its small size ...