Species Sminthopsis bindi Van Dyck, Woinarski & Press, 1994

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sminthopsis bindi van Dyke, S., Woinarski, J.C.Z. & Press, A.J. 1994. The Kakadu dunnart, Sminthopsis bindi (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae), a new species from the stoney woodlands of the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37: 311-323 [312].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM 944 skull, dentaries, body in ethanol, Eva Valley Station, Stage 3 Kakadu National Parl, NT [14°30'S, 132°45'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM 7 specimens.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Daly Basin (DAB), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, insectivorous, woodland.

General References

Woinarski, J. & Van Dyck, S. 1995. Kakadu Dunnart Sminthopsis bindi. pp. 126-127 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Kakadu Dunnart)

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