Grey-bellied dunnart

Grey-bellied dunnart[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. griseoventor
Binomial name
Sminthopsis griseoventor
(Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984)
Grey-bellied dunnart range

The grey-bellied dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Gilbert's dunnart and little long-tailed dunnart in 1984.[2] They also described the Mallee ningaui in 1983.

The average body length of a specimen can vary between 130–192 mm with a tail of 65–98 mm and body to anus of 65–95 mm. The olive grey ears have a length of between 17–18 mm. The hind feet have an average length of between 16–17 mm. Its weight varies between 15-25 grams.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 34. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b McKenzie, N.; Kemper, C. (2016). "Sminthopsis griseoventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41510A21948615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41510A21948615.en.