Little long-tailed dunnart

Little long-tailed dunnart
Little long-tailed dunnart pit-trapped at Alexander Morrison National Park in Western Australia (August 2022)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. dolichura
Binomial name
Sminthopsis dolichura
Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984
Little long-tailed dunnart range

The Little long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) is a dunnart that was,[2] along with Gilbert's dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail is 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) of which head and body are 6.5–5 cm (2.6–2.0 in) and tail 8.5–10.5 cm (3.3–4.1 in) long. Hind foot size is 16–17 mm (0.63–0.67 in), the ear length is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in) and the weight is 10–20 g (0.35–0.71 oz).

  1. ^ McKenzie, N.; van Weenen, J.; Kemper, K. (2016). "Sminthopsis dolichura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40542A21948697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40542A21948697.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.