Sooty dunnart

Sooty dunnart[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 least concern.[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. 1 2 Kemper, C.; McKenzie, N. (2026). "Sminthopsis fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2026 e.T173257774A173846901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T173257774A173846901.en.