Dunnart
Dunnart is a common name for species of the genus Sminthopsis, narrow-footed marsupials the size of a European mouse. They have a largely insectivorous diet.
Dunnart | |
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white-footed dunnart | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
Family: | Dasyuridae |
Subfamily: | Sminthopsinae |
Tribe: | Sminthopsini |
Genus: | Sminthopsis Thomas, 1887 |
Type species | |
Phascogale crassicaudata Gould, 1844 | |
Species | |
21, see text |
Taxonomy
The genus name Sminthopsis was published by Oldfield Thomas in 1887, the author noting that the name Podabrus that had previously been used to describe the species was preoccupied as a genus of beetles.[1] The type species is Phascogale crassicaudata, published by John Gould in 1844.
There are 21 species, all of which occur in Australia and New Guinea:
- Genus Sminthopsis
- S. crassicaudata species-group
- Fat-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis crassicaudata
- S. macroura species-group
- Kakadu dunnart, Sminthopsis bindi
- Carpentarian dunnart, Sminthopsis butleri
- Julia Creek dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi
- Stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura
- Red-cheeked dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae
- S. granulipes species-group
- White-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis granulipes
- S. griseoventer species-group
- Kangaroo Island dunnart, Sminthopsis aitkeni
- Boullanger Island dunnart, Sminthopsis boullangerensis
- Grey-bellied dunnart, Sminthopsis griseoventer
- S. longicaudata species-group
- Long-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis longicaudata
- S. murina species-group
- Chestnut dunnart, Sminthopsis archeri
- Little long-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis dolichura
- Sooty dunnart, Sminthopsis fuliginosus
- Gilbert's dunnart, Sminthopsis gilberti
- White-footed dunnart, Sminthopsis leucopus
- Slender-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis murina
- S. psammophila species-group
- Hairy-footed dunnart, Sminthopsis hirtipes
- Ooldea dunnart, Sminthopsis ooldea
- Sandhill dunnart, Sminthopsis psammophila
- Lesser hairy-footed dunnart, Sminthopsis youngsoni
- S. crassicaudata species-group
The genus is referred to by their common name of dunnarts.
Description
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Dunnart in its natural habitat.
A male dunnart's Y chromosome is the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.[2]
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References
- Divljan, Anja; Ingleby, Sandy; Parnaby, Harry (6 January 2015). "Taxonomic status of Podabrus albocaudatus Krefft, 1872 and declaration of Sminthopsis granulipes Troughton, 1932 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) as a protected name for the White-tailed Dunnart from Western Australia". Zootaxa. 3904 (2): 283–292. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25660785. S2CID 30027103.
- Toder R.; Wakefield M.J.; Graves J.A.M. (2000). "The minimal mammalian Y chromosome - the marsupial Y as a model system". Cytogenet Cell Genet. 91 (1–4): 285–92. doi:10.1159/000056858. PMID 11173870.
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