Carpentarian dunnart
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| Carpentarian dunnart | |
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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. butleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sminthopsis butleri Archer, 1979
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| Carpentarian dunnart range | |
The Carpentarian dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) also known as Butler's dunnart is a marsupial with a puffy brown or mouse grey colour above and the underside of white, similar to its close relative the Kakadu dunnart. Head to anus length is 75-88mm with a tail of 72-90mm long for a total length of 147-178mm. Weight varies from 10-20g depending on a variety of factors including sex, food abundance, habitat etc.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Found in the Northern Kimberley's near Kalumburu in Western Australia and Bathurst and Melville Island in the Northern Territory. Habitat consists of eucalyptus and melaleuca forest with sandy soils up to and including 20 km (12 mi) from the coast.[citation needed]
Social organisation and breeding
[edit]May breed in the dry season but needs more study.[citation needed]
Diet
[edit]No information, but most likely insects and small vertebrates.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ McKnight, M. (2019). "Sminthopsis butleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20295A21948035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20295A21948035.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- 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. 34. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- Menkhorst, Peter W. (1995). Mammals of Victoria. Oxford Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553733-8.