Grey-bellied dunnart

Grey-bellied dunnart[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Genus:	Sminthopsis
Species:	S. griseoventor
Binomial name
Sminthopsis griseoventor ( Kitchener , Stoddart & Henry, 1984)
Grey-bellied dunnart range

The grey-bellied dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by the same people Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with the

The average body length of a specimen can vary between 130–192 mm with a tail of 65–98 mm and body to anus of 65–95 mm. The olive grey ears have a length of between 17–18 mm. The hind feet have an average length of between 16–17 mm. Its weight varies between 15-25 grams.

Distribution and habitat

Found in Western Australia on the coastal south west fringes and associated ranges. From north to south then to east, Gairdner Ranges to Cape Arid National Park, its habitat rarely stretches 100 km (62 mi) inland from the coast. A population was discovered in December 2003 in South Australia during a Department for Environment and Heritage Biological Survey on Eyre Peninsula in the Hincks and Bascombe Well conservation parks. Habitat includes heathy forests, woodland, melaleuca swamplands dense mature heathland. No subspecies is identified.^{[citation needed]}

Social organisation and breeding

Nocturnal species that inhabits

Diet

This

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• Menkhorst, Peter W. (1995). Mammals of Victoria. Oxford Press.
  ISBN 0-19-553733-5
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External links

• Australian Biological Resources Study^{[permanent dead link]}