Kakadu dunnart
The Kakadu dunnart (Sminthopsis bindi) is a dunnart first described in 1994 and whose closest relative is the Carpentarian dunnart. It typically has a body length of 50-85mm with a tail 60-105mm long, for a total length between 110-190mm. It weighs between 10-25g, placing it in the mid-range of dunnarts. Its colour is grey, gingery on the upper body and underbelly, with white feet.[3]
| Kakadu dunnart[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Sminthopsis |
| Species: | S. bindi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sminthopsis bindi | |
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| Distribution of the Kakadu dunnart | |
The Kakadu dunnart lives near the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia around the Kakadu National Park. It prefers a habitat of stony woodlands on a hilly geography.[3]
Little is known about the social organisation or breeding habits of this species, as it is not well studied, but it probably breeds in the dry season and may burrow.[3]
Its diet may include arthropods and other insects.[3]
References
- 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. 33. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A.A. (2016). "Sminthopsis bindi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40551A21948917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40551A21948917.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Menkhorst, Peter W. (1995). Mammals of Victoria. Oxford Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-19-553733-5.