Habitat: dry sclerophyll open forest with sparse groundcover of herbs, grasses, shrubs or leaf litter.

Listed as Vulnerable (Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria: 2013)

Local Distribution: Fragmented and patchy in the central highlands region

Threats: Habitat destruction, Fragmentation, predation

Further Reading:

DELWP Action Statement: brush-tailed_phascogale_phascogale_tapoatafa2

http://www.swifft.net.au/cb_pages/brush-tailed_phascogale.php

https://www.environment.gov.au/node/14789