Long-tailed dunnart

Long-tailed dunnart
Long-tailed dunnart specimen
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. longicaudata
Binomial name
Sminthopsis longicaudata
Spencer, 1909
Long-tailed dunnart range

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 to anus is 80–96 mm and tail 180–210 mm long. Hind foot size is 18 mm, ear length of 21 mm and with a weight of 15-20 g.

  1. ^ McKenzie, N.; Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A. (2016). "Sminthopsis longicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40545A21948982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40545A21948982.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.