Species Sminthopsis hirtipes Thomas, 1898

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• Sminthopsis hirtipes Thomas, O. 1898. Descriptions of three new mammals from the East Indian Archipelago and Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 1-4 [3].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 97.12.17.1 ♂ skin & skull, body in spirit, Station Point, Charlotte Waters, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, insectivorous, low open woodland, nocturnal, open scrub, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet includes small lizards.

General References

Archer, M. 1981. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 104 Systematic revision of the marsupial dasyurid genus Sminthopsis Thomas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 168: 61-224

Calver, M.C., King, D.R., Gardner, J.L. & Martin, G.R. 1991. Total food consumption of some native Australian small mammals in the laboratory. Australian Mammalogy 14: 139-141

Dickman, C.R., Downey, F.J. & Predavec, M. 1993. The hairy-footed dunnart Sminthopsis hirtipes (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 16: 69-72

Dickman, C.R., Predavec, M. & Downey, F.J. 1995. Long range movements of small mammals in arid Australia - implications for land management. Journal of Arid Environments 31: 441-452

Masters, P. 1993. The effects of fire-driven succession and rainfall on small mammals in spinifex grassland at Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. Wildlife Research 20: 803-813

McKenzie, N.L., Hall, N. & Muir, W.P. 2000. Non-volant mammals of the southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 61: 479-510

Pearson, D.J. & McKenzie, N.L. 1995. Hairy-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis hirtipes. pp. 141-142 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. (Hairy-footed Dunnart)

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