Dunnart

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Dunnarts
Sminthopsis leucopus
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

Dunnarts are furry narrow-footed marsupials the size of a mouse. They are mainly insectivorous. A male dunnart's Y chromosome has only 4 genes, making it the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.^[1]

There are 21 species, all in Australia and some in 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 fulginosus
    • 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

[edit] References

• Groves, C. (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 33-36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 

[edit] External links

• Marsupial Society's checklist
• Carpentarian Dunnart
• Julia Creek Dunnart
• Kangaroo Island Dunnart
• Sandhill Dunnart

v • d • e Extant Dasyuromorphia species Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Marsupialia   Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Dasyurinae Dasyurini Dasycercus (Mulgaras) Brush-tailed Mulgara (D. blythi) · Crest-tailed Mulgara (D. cristicauda) Dasykaluta Little Red Kaluta (D. rosamondae) Dasyuroides Kowari (D. byrnei) Dasyurus (Quolls) New Guinean Quoll (D. albopunctatus) · Western Quoll (D. geoffroii) · Northern Quoll (D. hallucatus) · Tiger Quoll (D. maculatus) · Bronze Quoll (D. spartacus) · Eastern Quoll (D. viverrinus) Myoictis Three-striped Dasyure (M. melas) · Wallace's Dasyure (M. wallacii) Neophascogale Speckled Dasyure (N. lorentzi) Parantechinus Dibbler (P. apicalis) Phascolosorex (Marsupial shrews) Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew (P. doriae) · Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew (P. dorsalis) Pseudantechinus (False antechinuses) Sandstone Dibbler (P. bilarni) · Fat-tailed False Antechinus (P. macdonnellensis) · Alexandria False Antechinus (P. mimulus) · Ningbing False Antechinus (P. ningbing) · Rory Cooper's False Antechinus (P. roryi) · Woolley's False Antechinus (P. woolleyae) Sarcophilus Tasmanian Devil (S. harrisii) Phascogalini Antechinus Tropical Antechinus (A. adustus) · Agile Antechinus (A. agilis) · Fawn Antechinus (A. bellus) · Yellow-footed Antechinus (A. flaviceps) · Atherton Antechinus (A. godmani) · Cinnamon Antechinus (A. leo) · Swamp Antechinus (A. minimus) · Brown Antechinus (A. stuartii) · Subtropical Antechinus (A. subtropicus) · Dusky Antechinus (A. swainsonii) Micromurexia Habbema Dasyure (A. habbema) Murexechinus Black-tailed Dasyure (M. melanurus) Murexia Short-furred Dasyure (M. longicaudata) Paramurexia Broad-striped Dasyure (P. rothschildi) Phascomurexia Long-nosed Dasyure (P. naso) Phascogale Red-tailed Phascogale (P. calura) · Brush-tailed Phascogale (P. tapoatafa)   Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Sminthopsinae Sminthopsini Antechinomys Kultarr (A. laniger) Ningaui Wongai Ningaui (N. ridei) · Pilbara Ningaui (N. timealeyi) · Southern Ningaui (N. yvonnae) Sminthopsis (Dunnarts) S. crassicaudata species-group: Fat-tailed Dunnart (S. crassicaudata) S. macroura species-group: Kakadu Dunnart (S. bindi) · Carpentarian Dunnart (S. butleri) · Julia Creek Dunnart (S. douglasi) · Stripe-faced Dunnart (S. macroura) · Red-cheeked Dunnart (S. virginiae) S. granulipes species-group: White-tailed Dunnart (S. granulipes) S. griseoventer species-group: Kangaroo Island Dunnart (S. aitkeni) · Boullanger Island Dunnart (S. boullangerensis) · Grey-bellied Dunnart (S. griseoventer) S. longicaudata species-group: Long-tailed Dunnart (S. longicaudata) S. murina species-group: Chestnut Dunnart (S. archeri) · Little Long-tailed Dunnart (S. dolichura) · Sooty Dunnart (S. fulginosus) · Gilbert's Dunnart (S. gilberti) · White-footed Dunnart (S. leucopus) · Slender-tailed Dunnart (S. murina) S. psammophila species-group: Hairy-footed Dunnart (S. hirtipes) · Ooldea Dunnart (S. ooldea) · Sandhill Dunnart (S. psammophila) · Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart (S. youngsoni) Planigalini Planigale Paucident Planigale (P. gilesi) · Long-tailed Planigale (P. ingrami) · Common Planigale (P. maculata) · New Guinean Planigale (P. novaeguineae) · Narrow-nosed Planigale (P. tenuirostris)   Family Myrmecobiidae Myrmecobius Numbat (M. fasciatus)