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Tuan
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Tuan 

(Phascogale tapoatafa), also pouched mouse, a mammal of the family Dasyuridae. The body measures 16–22 cm in length, and the tail is 16–23 cm long. The coloration is grayish above and white below; the tail has a brush of long black hairs. The tuan occurs in Australia. It is an agile tree climber and lives in hollow trees and holes in the ground. Its diet consists of small vertebrates and insects. A litter of three to nine young is produced annually.
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Soon there were only three or four left in the water, splashing around noisily in an attempt to attract attention, calling boldly in their shrill voices for just a few cents more; surely the tuans could spare that?
The voyage home by Petrie, Graham / Confrontation
Kitto--we spoke Iban--"Have you seen those Tuans in that house?
Dato Tra Zehnder by Borneo Research Bulletin
Will Murray cod, barking owls, squirrel gliders, swift and superb parrots, tuans, growling grass frogs, earless dragons and regent honeyeaters still survive in the wild?
Repairing the country Has the penny finally dropped? by Fisher, Tim / Habitat Australia
 
 
 
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