Species Sminthopsis virginiae (Tarragon, 1847)
Red-cheeked Dunnart
Generic Combinations
- Sminthopsis virginiae (Tarragon, 1847).
Introduction
Subspecies not identified in Mahoney & Ride (1988: 33), synonymies followed Archer (1981: 132, 137).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also occurs on Aru Ils.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, insectivorous, low woodland, nocturnal, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Open rocky forests, riparian grasslands, black-soil plains, diet may include 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
Braithwaite, R.W. & Lonsdale, W.M. 1987. The rarity of Sminthopsis virginiae (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in relation to natural and unnatural habitats. Conservation Biology 1: 341-343
Luckett, W.P. & Woolley, P.A. 1996. Ontogeny and homology of the dentition in dasyurid marsupials: Development in Sminthopsis virginiae. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 3: 327-364
Mahoney, J.A. & Ride, W.D.L. 1988. Dasyuridae. pp. 14-33 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [33]
Morton, S.R., Armstrong, M.D. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1987. The breeding season of Sminthopsis virginiae (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 10: 41-42
Taplin, M.E. 1980. Some observations on the reproductive biology of Sminthopsis virginiae (Tarragon)(Marsupialia: Dasyuridae0. The Australian Zoologist 20: 407-418
Woolley, P.A. 1995. Red-cheeked Dunnart Sminthopsis virginiae. pp. 156-157 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. (Red-cheeked Dunnart)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2019 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 15-Oct-2010 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |