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Sooty dunnart

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Sooty dunnart[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Sminthopsis fuliginosus
(Gould, 1852)
Sooty dunnart range

The sooty dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus) is a species of dunnart found in Western Australia. It is one of the least-known of the dunnarts, with the IUCN classifying it as data deficient.[2] It was formerly believed to be a subspecies of the common dunnart (S. murina).

References

  1. ^ 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. 36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Burbidge, A. (2008). "Sminthopsis fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient