| Red-cheeked dunnart[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Sminthopsis |
| Species: | S. virginiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Sminthopsis virginiae (de Tarragon, 1847)
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| Red-cheeked dunnart range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phascologale 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 (6.6–10.6 in); its average body length is 80–135 mm (3.1–5.3 in) with a tail of 87–135 mm (3.4–5.3 in). Ear length is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). Its weight varies between 18 and 75 g (0.63 and 2.65 oz). Its tail is thin and pale pink.
- ^ 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. 36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Burnett, S.; Woinarski, J.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Sminthopsis virginiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40549A21948773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40549A21948773.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.