Species Sminthopsis dolichura Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984

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• Sminthopsis dolichura Kitchener, D.J., Stoddart, J. & Henry, J. 1984. A taxonomic revision of the Sminthopsis murina complex (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) in Australia, including descriptions of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11: 201-248 [Oct. 1984] [204].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM M17985 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, 6 km SSE of Buningonia Spring, WA, 32º28´10˜S, 123º36´00˜E 250 m.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open heath, open scrub, predator, tall open shrubland, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Triodia with mallee emergents, substrate comprises yellow, grey and red sands, and red and grey-brown duplex soils involving clays and loams, occasionally duplex soils have pebble matrix.

General References

Brooker, B.M., O'Shea, J.E. & Stewart, T. 1995. Renal vasculature of two dasyurid marsupials, Sminthopsis dolichura and S. crassicaudata. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 259-270

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

Friend, G.R., Johnson, B.W., Mitchell, D.S. & Smith, G.T. 1997. Breeding, population dynamics and habitat relationships of Sminthopsis dolichura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in semi-arid shrublands of Western Australia. Wildlife Research 24: 245-262

Friend, G.R. & Pearson, D.J. 1995. Little Long-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis dolichura. pp. 132-133 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Kitchener, D.J., Stoddart, J. & Henry, J. 1984. A taxonomic revision of the Sminthopsis murina complex (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) in Australia, including descriptions of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11: 201-248 [Oct. 1984] [203, 244]

Whittell, H.M. 1954. John Gilbert's notebook on marsupials. Western Australian Naturalist 4: 104-114 [108]

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Little Long-tailed Dunnart)

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