Gilbert's Dunnart

Gilbert's Dunnart

Taxobox
name = Gilbert's Dunnart
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Dasyuromorphia
familia = Dasyuridae
genus = "Sminthopsis"
species = ""'S. gilberti"
binomial = "Sminthopsis gilberti"
binomial_authority = Kitcher, Stoddart & Henry, 1984

Glbert's Dunnart "(Sminthopsis gilberti)" is a recently discovered dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail being 155-180 mm of which head to anus is 80-90 mm and tail 75-90 mm long. Hind foot size is 18 mm, ear length of 21 mm and with a weight of 14-25 g.

Distribution and habitat

Gilbert's Dunnart is found in the southern wheat belt of Western Australia close to Perth and the Swan River, as well as the Roe plain near the South Australian border. The habitat it enjoys consists of heath and heathy forest and is abundant on coastal rangers, dry sclerophyll forest, semi arid woodlands and mallee scrub.

ocial organisation and breeding

This nocturnal species nests in hollows above ground or dense bush. Gilbert's Dunnart breeds from Sept-Dec and young are weaned in Jan-Feb.

Diet

Gilbert's Dunnart primarily eats insects.

References

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*MSW3 Groves|pages=34
*cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=P.|coauthors=Knight, F.|title=A field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford Press|year=2001|id=ISBN 978-0-19-550870-3

External links

* [http://www.thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Dasyuromorphia/Dasyuridae/Sminthopsis/Sminthopsis-gilberti.html Pictures and facts about the Gilbert's dunnart]
* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=MARSUPIALIA;pstrTaxa=753;pstrChecklistMode=1 Australian Biological Resources Study]


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