Sandhill Dunnart
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| Sminthopsis psammophila Spencer, 1895 |
The Sandhill Dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) is a species of small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is known from four scattered arid areas of Australia: near Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory, the central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, the southwestern edge of the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia, and Yellabinna Sand Dunes in South Australia.[3]
The Sandhill Dunnart is one of the largest and rarest of all dunnarts.[3] It is coloured grey to buff and is found in low parallel sand dunes, particularly near hummock grass.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 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, 35-36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Sminthopsis psammophila. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
- ^ a b c Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 74.
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