Lesser hairy-footed dunnart
| Lesser hairy-footed dunnart [1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Sminthopsis |
| Species: | S. youngsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Sminthopsis youngsoni McKenzie & Archer, 1982 | |
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| Lesser hairy-footed dunnart range | |
The lesser hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni) is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly common species, being found in many desert areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.[3] Its foraging strategies have been studied by Haythornthwaite and Dickman.[4]
The lesser hairy-footed dunnart is distinguished from the very similar hairy-footed dunnart by its smaller size and less hairy soles.[3]
References
- ↑ 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. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ McKenzie, N. & Dickman, C. (2008). Sminthopsis youngsoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
- 1 2 Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 72.
- ↑ Haythornthwaite, Adele S.; Dickman, Christopher R. (April 2000). "Foraging strategies of an insectivorous marsupial, Sminthopsis youngsoni (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in Australian sandridge desert". Austral Ecology (Wiley) 25 (2): 193–198. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00019.x.
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