Stripe-faced Dunnart

Taxobox
name = Stripe-faced Dunnart
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Dasyuromorphia
familia = Dasyuridae
genus = "Sminthopsis"
species = ""'S. macroura"
binomial = "Sminthopsis macroura"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1845)
range_

range_map_caption = Fat-tailed Dunnart range

The Striped-faced Dunnart "(Sminthopsis macroura)" is an Australian marsupial. This dunnart has an average body length of 155-198 mm, snout to anus distance of 75-98 mm, a tail measuring 80-100 mm and an ear length of 17-18 mm. Its weight varies between 15-25grams. It has a dark stripe between its ears on top of the snout to the nose. The tail is a little fat at the base but becomes slender at the end.

Distribution and habitat

This dasyurid is found throughout central Australia from the Pilbarra to central Northern Territory, western and central Queensland, south to north-east South Australia to north and west New South Wales. It inhabits sandy soils with dune hummock grasslands, tussock grasslands and scrublands.

ocial organisation and breeding

The Stripe-faced Dunart breeds from July through February and has a gestation period of 11 days. The 6-8 joeys have a pouch life of 40 days and are weaned at 70 days. There are usually has 2 litters per season.

Diet

This dunnart's diet consists of termites.

References

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*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 0-19-550870-X
*MSW3 Groves|pages=35

External links

* [http://members.iinet.net.au/~foconnor/mammals/species/sminthopsis_macroura.htm Stripe-faced Dunnart]
* [http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/profile.aspx?id=10759 NSW threatened species]
* [http://www.thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Dasyuromorphia/Dasyuridae/Sminthopsis/Sminthopsis-macroura.html TheWebsiteOfEverything.com]
* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=MARSUPIALIA;pstrTaxa=770;pstrChecklistMode=1 Australian Biological Resources Study]