Dunnart
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A dunnart (from Noongar donat[1]) is a narrow-footed marsupial the size of a European mouse, of the genus Sminthopsis. Dunnarts have a largely insectivorous diet.
Taxonomy
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The genus name Sminthopsis was published by Oldfield Thomas in 1887, the author noting that the name Podabrus that had previously been used to describe the species was preoccupied as a genus of beetles.[2] The type species is Phascogale crassicaudata, published by John Gould in 1844.
There are 19 species,Template:Efn all of them in Australia or New Guinea:[3]
- Genus Sminthopsis
- S. crassicaudata species-group
- S. macroura species-group
- S. granulipes species-group
- S. griseoventer species-group
- S. murina species-group
- S. psammophila species-group
Additionally, two species are recognized by the American Society of Mammalogists:
The American Society of Mammalogists also lists S. griseoventer as a synonym of S. fuliginosa,[6] and moved S. longicaudata to the genus Antechinomys.[7]
Description
A male dunnart's Y chromosome is the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.[8]
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