Dunnart

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Dunnarts

Sminthopsis leucopus

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Subfamily:	Sminthopsinae
Tribe:	Sminthopsini
Genus:	Sminthopsis Thomas, 1887

Type species

Phascogale crassicaudata
Gould, 1844

Species

21, see text

Dunnarts are furry narrow-footed marsupials the size of a mouse. They are mainly insectivorous. A male dunnart's Y chromosome has only 4 genes, making it the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.^[1]

There are 21 species, all in Australia and some in New Guinea:

Genus Sminthopsis
- S. crassicaudata species-group
  - Fat-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis crassicaudata
- S. macroura species-group
  - Kakadu Dunnart, Sminthopsis bindi
  - Carpentarian Dunnart, Sminthopsis butleri
  - Julia Creek Dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi
  - Stripe-faced Dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura
  - Red-cheeked Dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae
- S. granulipes species-group
  - White-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis granulipes
- S. griseoventer species-group
  - Kangaroo Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis aitkeni
  - Boullanger Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis boullangerensis
  - Grey-bellied Dunnart, Sminthopsis griseoventer
- S. longicaudata species-group
  - Long-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis longicaudata
- S. murina species-group
  - Chestnut Dunnart, Sminthopsis archeri
  - Little Long-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis dolichura
  - Sooty Dunnart, Sminthopsis fulginosus
  - Gilbert's Dunnart, Sminthopsis gilberti
  - White-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis leucopus
  - Slender-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis murina
- S. psammophila species-group
  - Hairy-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis hirtipes
  - Ooldea Dunnart, Sminthopsis ooldea
  - Sandhill Dunnart, Sminthopsis psammophila
  - Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis youngsoni

[edit] References

^ Toder R., Wakefield M.J., Graves J.A.M. (2000). "The minimal mammalian Y chromosome - the marsupial Y as a model system". Cytogenet Cell Genet 91 (1-4): 285-92. doi:10.1159/000056858. PMID 11173870.

Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 33-36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.

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Extant Dasyuromorphia species

Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Dasyurinae

Dasyurini

Dasycercus	Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) · Crest-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)

Dasykaluta	Little Red Kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae)

Dasyuroides	Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)

Dasyurus	New Guinean Quoll (Dasyurus albopunctatus) · Western Quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) · Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) · Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) · Bronze Quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) · Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)

Myoictis	Myoictis leucura · Three-striped Dasyure (Myoictis melas) · Wallace's Dasyure (Myoictis wallacii) · Myoictis wavicus

Neophascogale	Speckled Dasyure (Neophascogale lorentzi)

Parantechinus	Southern Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis)

Phascolosorex	Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew (Phascolosorex doriae) · Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew (Phascolosorex dorsalis)

Pseudantechinus	Sandstone Dibbler (Pseudantechinus bilarni) · Fat-tailed False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis) · Alexandria False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus) · Ningbing False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus ningbing) · Rory Cooper's False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus roryi) · Woolley's False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus woolleyae)

Sarcophilus	Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Phascogalini

Antechinus	Tropical Antechinus (Antechinus adustus) · Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis) · Fawn Antechinus (Antechinus bellus) · Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flaviceps) · Atherton Antechinus (Antechinus godmani) · Cinnamon Antechinus (Antechinus leo) · Swamp Antechinus (Antechinus minimus) · Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) · Subtropical Antechinus (Antechinus subtropicus) · Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)

Micromurexia	Habbema Dasyure (Antechinus habbema)

Murexechinus	Black-tailed Dasyure (Murexechinus melanurus)

Murexia	Short-furred Dasyure (Murexia longicaudata)

Paramurexia	Broad-striped Dasyure (Paramurexia rothschildi)

Phascomurexia	Long-nosed Dasyure (Phascomurexia naso)

Phascogale	Red-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura) · Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa)

Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Sminthopsinae

Sminthopsini

Antechinomys	Kultarr (Antechinomys laniger)

Ningaui	Wongai Ningaui (Ningaui ridei) · Pilbara Ningaui (Ningaui timealeyi) · Southern Ningaui (Ningaui yvonnae)

Sminthopsis	S. crassicaudata species-group: Fat-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) S. macroura species-group: Kakadu Dunnart (Sminthopsis bindi) · Carpentarian Dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) · Julia Creek Dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) · Stripe-faced Dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) · Red-cheeked Dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae) S. granulipes species-group: White-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis granulipes) S. griseoventer species-group: Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) · Boullanger Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis boullangerensis) · Grey-bellied Dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer) S. longicaudata species-group: Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) S. murina species-group: Chestnut Dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) · Little Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) · Sooty Dunnart (Sminthopsis fulginosus) · Gilbert's Dunnart (Sminthopsis gilberti) · White-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) · Slender-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) S. psammophila species-group: Hairy-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes) · Ooldea Dunnart (Sminthopsis ooldea) · Sandhill Dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) · Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni)