White-tailed Dunnart
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The White-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis granulipes), also known as the Ash-grey Dunnart, is a dunnart native to Australia. It has an average body length of 126-168 mm, a snout to anus length of 70-100 mm, a tail measurement of 56-68 mm and a weight which varies between 18-35 grams. The tail is often swollen at the base with brown near anus to white at the tip.
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[edit] Distribution and habitat
This dasyurid occupies two separate areas in Western Australia. The first is east of Perth in the western Goldfields area and the second is to the north of Perth between Kalbarri and Jurien. Habitat consists of coastal heath and sparce to dense shrublands sometimes with mallee eucalypt.
[edit] Social organisation and breeding
Little is know of the behaviour and breeding of this marsupial, though it is most likely nocturnal. It breeds from June through August with young weaned by October.
[edit] Diet
The White-tailed Dunnart mainly eats insects.
[edit] References
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Sminthopsis granulipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- Menkhorst, P., Knight, F. (2001). A field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford Press, 68. ISBN 0-19-550870-X.
- Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 34. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
