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Sminthopsis

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The list of species of Sminthopsis genus

Dunnart is a common name for species of the genus Sminthopsis, narrow-footed marsupials the size of a European mouse. They have a largely insectivorous diet.

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The list of species of Sminthopsis genus

Dunnart is a common name for species of the genus Sminthopsis, narrow-footed marsupials the size of a European mouse. They have a largely insectivorous diet.

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Fat-Tailed Dunnart

Sminthopsis crassicaudata

The fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata ) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae, the family that includes the little red kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian devil. It has an average body length of 60–90 millimeters...

Stripe-faced dunnart

Sminthopsis macroura

The striped-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) is a small, Australian, nocturnal, "marsupial mouse," part of the family Dasyuridae. The species' distribution occurs throughout much of inland central and northern Australia, occupying a range of...

Kangaroo Island dunnart

Sminthopsis aitkeni

The Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) is a dark sooty-grey coloured dunnart species first described in 1969, with paler underparts of its body. It has an average body length of 170–198 mm, a snout to anus length of 80–93 mm, a tail...

Julia Creek Dunnart

Sminthopsis douglasi

The Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi ) is a marsupial with a buffy brown upperside and white underside. This dunnart has a body length of 100–135 mm with a tail of 60–105 mm to make a total length of 160–240 mm. Its weight is between 40 and...

White-footed dunnart

Sminthopsis leucopus

The white-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus ) is a marsupial that occurs on Tasmania and mainland Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner Gippsland and Alpine areas up to 400 metres near Narbethong. In southern New South Wales, the...

Sandhill dunnart

Sminthopsis psammophila

The sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila ) is a species of small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is known from four scattered arid areas of Australia: near Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory, the central Eyre...

Slender-tailed dunnart

Sminthopsis murina

The slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina ), also known as the common dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial. It has an average body length of 7 to 12 centimeters (2.8–4.7 in) with a tail length of 5.5 to 13 centimetres (2.2–5.1 in). It...

Kakadu dunnart

Sminthopsis bindi

The Kakadu dunnart (Sminthopsis bindi ) is a dunnart first described in 1994 and whose closest relative is the Carpentarian dunnart. It typically has a body length of 50-85mm with a tail 60-105mm long, for a total length between 110-190mm. It weighs...

Carpentarian dunnart

Sminthopsis butleri

The Carpentarian dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) also known as the Butler's dunnart with a puffy brown or mouse grey colour above and the underside of white, similar to its close relative the Kakadu dunnart. Head to anus length is 75-88mm with a tail...

Long-tailed dunnart

Sminthopsis longicaudata

The long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) is an Australian dunnart that, like the little long-tailed dunnart, has a tail longer than its body. It is also one of the larger dunnarts at a length from snout to tail of 260–306 mm of which head...

Lesser hairy-footed dunnart

Sminthopsis youngsoni

The lesser hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni ) is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly common species, being found in many desert areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory...

Red-cheeked dunnart

Sminthopsis virginiae

The red-cheeked dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae ) is so called because of the distinctive red hair on its cheek. It is an Australasian marsupial. Its total length is 167–270 mm; its average body length is 80–135 mm with a tail of 87–135 mm. Ear...

Chestnut dunnart

Sminthopsis archeri

The chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri ) is a dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986 and is named because of its chestnut colour in the upperparts of its body. The length from snout to tail is 167–210 mm, of which head to anus is...

Grey-bellied dunnart

Sminthopsis griseventor

The grey-bellied dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer ), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by the same people Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Gilbert's dunnart and little long-tailed dunnart...

Hairy-footed dunnart

Sminthopsis hirtipes

The hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes ) is a dunnart that has silver hairs on the soles of it hind feet accompanied by long hair on the side of its sole. It is an Australian marsupial similar to the Ooldea dunnart, with its upper body...

White-tailed dunnart

Sminthopsis granulipes

The white-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis granulipes), also known as the ash-grey dunnart, is a dunnart native to Australia.

Little long-tailed dunnart

Sminthopsis dolichura

The Little long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) is a dunnart that was, along with Gilbert's dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail is 150–200 mm of which head to anus is 65–50 mm and tail 85–105 mm long. Hind foot size is...

Gilbert's dunnart

Sminthopsis gilberti

Gilbert's dunnart (Sminthopsis gilberti) is a recently discovered dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail being 155–180 mm of which head to anus is 80–90 mm and tail 75–90 mm long. Hind foot size is 18 mm, ear length of 21 mm and...

Ooldea dunnart

Sminthopsis ooldea

The Ooldea dunnart (Sminthopsis ooldea ), also called Troughton's dunnart after the person who found the species, is an Australian marsupial similar to the hairy-footed dunnart. It is greyish-yellow on its upper body and white on the underside with...

Sooty dunnart

Sminthopsis fuliginosus

The sooty dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus ) is a species of dunnart found in Western Australia. It is one of the least-known of the dunnarts, with the IUCN classifying it as data deficient. It was formerly believed to be a subspecies of the common...