Slender-tailed dunnart

Slender-tailed dunnart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. murina
Binomial name
Sminthopsis murina
(Waterhouse, 1838)
Slender-tailed dunnart range

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 weighs 25–40.8 grams for males and 16.5–25.4 grams for females.

  1. ^ Dickman, C.; Burnett, S.; McKenzie, N. (2016). "Sminthopsis murina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40547A21949138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40547A21949138.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.