White-tailed dunnart
| White-tailed 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. granulipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Sminthopsis granulipes | |
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| White-tailed dunnart range | |
The white-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis granulipes), also known as the ash-grey dunnart, is a dunnart native to Australia.[3]
Taxonomy
A species first named by
Ellis Troughton in 1932 without reference to Krefft's earlier description.[2]
Despite the precedence of Krefft's first description, later recognised as a valid and available name, the later name was in widespread use and conserved to ensure taxonomic stability; the name Podabrus albocaudatus was deemed to be an objective synonym and declared a nomen oblitum and Sminthopsis granulipes Troughton 1932 a nomen protectum.[5][6]
Description
A species of pelage are uniform in colour, a lighter shade of fawn that merges with the white ventral side.
The feet and tail are pinkish white.
They are distinguished by the relative tail length, which is less than body, and its greater width at the base; a fine brown stripe occurs at the top of the tail. The soles of the feet at the hind-legs of S. granulipes are mostly covered in a uniform granular texture.[7]
Distribution and habitat
This
Perth in the western Goldfields area and the second is to the north of Perth between Kalbarri and Jurien Bay. Habitat consists of coastal heath and sparse to dense shrublands sometimes with mallee eucalypt.[7]
Social organisation and breeding
Little is known of the behaviour and breeding of this
nocturnal. It breeds from June through August with young weaned by October.[7]
Diet
The white-tailed dunnart mainly eats terrestrial insects.[7]
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ .
- OCLC 62265494.
- The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XIV, no. 645. New South Wales, Australia. p. 598. Retrieved 14 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ S2CID 30027103.
- ^ Ingleby, S.; Divljan, A.; Parnaby, H. (27 January 2015). "All credit to Krefft: Gerard Krefft's invisible new species of dunnart". Blog archive: AMRI. The Australian Museum.
- ^ ISBN 9780195573954.
Sources
- OCLC 62265494.