Species of marsupial
Chestnut dunnart |
Conservation status |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
Family: | Dasyuridae |
Genus: | Sminthopsis |
Species: | S. archeri |
Binomial name |
Sminthopsis archeri
Van Dyck, 1986 |
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Chestnut dunnart range |
The chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986 and is named because of its chestnut colour in the upperparts of its body. The length from snout to tail is 167–210 mm, of which head to anus is 85–105 mm and tail is 82–105 mm long. The hind foot size is 17–20 mm, ear length is 17–21 mm and weight is 15–20 g.
Distribution and habitat
There are a handful of records known from southern Papua New Guinea and in Australia on the east and west coasts of Cape York Peninsula, with one record at Blackbraes National Park west of Townsville.[2] Its habitats in Australia consist of tall stringybark woodlands and tall forests situated in red earth. In Papua New Guinea it is also found in savannah.
Social organisation and breeding
The species is little studied and not much information is known on the behaviour, but it does breed during July–October when it is the dry season.
Diet
It most likely feeds on insects and or small mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
References
- ^ Woolley, P.; Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Winter, J.; Burnett, S. (2016). "Sminthopsis archeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20296A21948127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20296A21948127.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Kutt, A.; Van Dyck, S.; Christie S.J. (Dec 2005). "A significant range extension for the Chestnut Dunnart Sminthopsis archeri (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in north Queensland" (PDF). Zoologist Vol 33(2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
Sources
- 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. 33. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- Menkhorst, P.; Knight, F. (2001). A field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford Press. ISBN 0-19-550870-X.
External links
- Australian Biological Resources Study
- Sminthopsinae Taxonomy
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Dasyurini | Dasycercus (Mulgaras) | - Southern mulgara (D. archeri)
- Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi)
- Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda)
- Ampurta (D. hilleri)
- Little mulgara (D. marlowi)
- Northern mulgara (D. woolleyae
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Dasykaluta | - Little red kaluta (D. rosamondae)
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Dasyuroides | |
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Dasyurus (Quolls) | - New Guinean quoll (D. albopunctatus)
- Western quoll (D. geoffroii)
- Northern quoll (D. hallucatus)
- Tiger quoll (D. maculatus)
- Bronze quoll (D. spartacus)
- Eastern quoll (D. viverrinus)
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Myoictis | - Woolley's three-striped dasyure (M. leucura)
- Three-striped dasyure (M. melas)
- Wallace's dasyure (M. wallacii)
- Tate's three-striped dasyure (M. wavicus)
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Neophascogale | - Speckled dasyure (N. lorentzi)
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Parantechinus | |
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Phascolosorex (Marsupial shrews) | - Red-bellied marsupial shrew (P. doriae)
- Narrow-striped marsupial shrew (P. dorsalis)
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Pseudantechinus (False antechinuses) | - Sandstone false antechinus (P. bilarni)
- Fat-tailed false antechinus (P. macdonnellensis)
- Alexandria false antechinus (P. mimulus)
- Ningbing false antechinus (P. ningbing)
- Rory Cooper's false antechinus (P. roryi)
- Woolley's false antechinus (P. woolleyae)
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Sarcophilus | - Tasmanian devil (S. harrisii)
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Phascogalini | Antechinus | - Tropical antechinus (A. adustus)
- Agile antechinus (A. agilis)
- Fawn antechinus (A. bellus)
- Yellow-footed antechinus (A. flavipes)
- Atherton antechinus (A. godmani)
- Cinnamon antechinus (A. leo)
- Swamp antechinus (A. minimus)
- Brown antechinus (A. stuartii)
- Subtropical antechinus (A. subtropicus)
- Dusky antechinus (A. swainsonii)
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Murexia | - Habbema dasyure (M. habbema)
- Short-furred dasyure (M. longicaudata)
- Black-tailed dasyure (M. melanurus)
- Long-nosed dasyure (M. naso)
- Broad-striped dasyure (M. rothschildi)
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Phascogale | - Red-tailed phascogale (P. calura)
- Brush-tailed phascogale (P. tapoatafa)
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Sminthopsini | Antechinomys | |
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Ningaui | - Wongai ningaui (N. ridei)
- Pilbara ningaui (N. timealeyi)
- Southern ningaui (N. yvonnae)
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Sminthopsis (Dunnarts) | - S. crassicaudata species-group: Fat-tailed dunnart (S. crassicaudata)
- S. macroura species-group: Kakadu dunnart (S. bindi)
- Carpentarian dunnart (S. butleri)
- Julia Creek dunnart (S. douglasi)
- Stripe-faced dunnart (S. macroura)
- Red-cheeked dunnart (S. virginiae)
- S. granulipes species-group: White-tailed dunnart (S. granulipes)
- S. griseoventer species-group: Kangaroo Island dunnart (S. aitkeni)
- Boullanger Island dunnart (S. boullangerensis)
- Grey-bellied dunnart (S. griseoventer)
- S. longicaudata species-group: Long-tailed dunnart (S. longicaudata)
- S. murina species-group: Chestnut dunnart (S. archeri)
- Little long-tailed dunnart (S. dolichura)
- Sooty dunnart (S. fulginosus)
- Gilbert's dunnart (S. gilberti)
- White-footed dunnart (S. leucopus)
- Slender-tailed dunnart (S. murina)
- S. psammophila species-group: Hairy-footed dunnart (S. hirtipes)
- Ooldea dunnart (S. ooldea)
- Sandhill dunnart (S. psammophila)
- Lesser hairy-footed dunnart (S. youngsoni)
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Planigalini | Planigale | - Paucident planigale (P. gilesi)
- Long-tailed planigale (P. ingrami)
- Common planigale (P. maculata)
- New Guinean planigale (P. novaeguineae)
- Narrow-nosed planigale (P. tenuirostris)
- Orange-headed Pilbara planigale (P. kendricki)
- Cracking-clay Pilbara planigale (P. tealei)
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Taxon identifiers |
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Sminthopsis archeri | |
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