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Stripe-faced dunnart

Mammals

The stripe-faced dunnart, scientific name Sminthopsis macroura and first described by John Gould in 1845, is a small nocturnal marsupial in the carnivorous marsupial family Dasyuridae, sometimes called a marsupial mouse. It occupies a broad range of arid and semi-arid central and northern Australia, from the Pilbara to the central Northern Territory, western and central Queensland, and south into north-east South Australia and north and west New South Wales. It measures about 155 to 198 millimeters from snout to tail tip and weighs 15 to 25 grams, identified by pale grey-brown upperparts, a dark stripe running from the muzzle across the forehead to between the ears, white underparts and feet, and a swollen tail that tapers with extended hairs near the tip. Recent genetic research suggests the taxon may represent three distinct species, though it is still treated as one because they are difficult to tell apart. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Sminthopsis macroura 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Dasyuridae, Taxa
Source Stripe-faced dunnart (Wikidata)

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Stripe-faced dunnart (Wikipedia)
Xeric Shrubland, Biomes
Source Stripe-faced dunnart (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Stripe-faced dunnart (Wikipedia)
  • Diet (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The stripe-faced dunnart, scientific name Sminthopsis macroura and first described by John Gould in 1845, is a small nocturnal marsupial in the carnivorous marsupial family Dasyuridae, sometimes called a marsupial mouse.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 405159
    The species' distribution occurs throughout much of inland central and northern Australia, occupying a range of arid and semi-arid habitats.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Grassland, Distribution and habitat
    The species also inhabits a range of habitats, mainly within arid regions, occurring in low shrublands containing saltbush (Atriplex spp.) and bluebush (Maireana spp.), in spinifex grasslands on sandy soils, among sparse Acacia shrublands, in tussock grasslands on clay, sandy or stony soils, on open salt lakes, and on low, shrubby, rocky ridges.
  • In Biome: Xeric Shrubland, Distribution and habitat
    The species also inhabits a range of habitats, mainly within arid regions, occurring in low shrublands containing saltbush (Atriplex spp.) and bluebush (Maireana spp.), in spinifex grasslands on sandy soils, among sparse Acacia shrublands, in tussock grasslands on clay, sandy or stony soils, on open salt lakes, and on low, shrubby, rocky ridges.
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2. Stripe-faced dunnart (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q133334 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Dasyuridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Sminthopsis macroura (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
Quote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
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