White-footed dunnart

White-footed dunnart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. leucopus
Binomial name
Sminthopsis leucopus
(J. E. Gray, 1842)
White-footed dunnart range

The white-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) is a marsupial that occurs on Tasmania and mainland Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner Gippsland and Alpine areas up to 400 metres near Narbethong. In southern New South Wales, the white-footed dunnart is known to occur at elevations at least as high as 1000 metres.[2] The length from snout to tail tip is 14–20 cm (5.5–7.9 in) of which head and body are 7–11 cm (2.8–4.3 in) and the tail 7–9 cm (2.8–3.5 in) long. They weigh 19–27 g (0.67–0.95 oz).

  1. ^ Burbidge, A.A.; Woinarski, J. (2020). "Sminthopsis leucopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T20297A166496257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T20297A166496257.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Kavanagh RP, & Webb GA. (1998). Effects of variable-intensity logging on mammals, reptiles and amphibians at Waratah Creek, southeastern New South Wales. Pacific Conservation Biology, 4(4), 326. https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc/pc980326