Species Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842)
White-footed Dunnart
Generic Combinations
- Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842).
Introduction
Subspecies not identified in Mahoney & Ride (1988: 30), synonymies followed Archer (1981: 102, 105).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, predator, swamp, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Occasionally arboreal, generally in tussock grassland in coastal habitats, in woodland, open forest, scrub, and heath where under- and mid-storey cover is more than 50%.
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 [102, 105]
Baverstock, P.R., Adams, M. & Archer, M. 1984. Electrophoretic resolution of species boundaries in the Sminthopsis murina complex (Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 823-832 [Dec. 1984]
Laidlaw, W.S., Hutchings, S., Newell, G.R. 1996. Home range and movement patterns of Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in coastal dry heathland, Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 19: 1-9
Laurance, W.F. 1990. Distributional records for two 'relict' dasyurid marsupials (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in north Queensland rainforest. Australian Mammalogy 13: 215-218
Lunney, D. 1995. White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus. pp. 143-145 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Lunney, D., Ashby, E. Grigg, J. & O'Connell, M. 1986. Food availability and habitat selection of Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray)(Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in logged forest on the south coast of New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 9: 105-110
Lunney, D., Cullis, B. & Eby, P. 1987. Effects of logging and fire on small mammals in Mumbulla State Forest, near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 163-181
Lunney, D., O'Connell, M., Sanders, J. & Forbes, S. 1989. Habitat of the white-footed dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray) (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia) in a logged burnt forest near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Ecology 14: 335-344
Lunney, D. & Ashby, E. 1987. Population changes in Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and other small mammal species, in forest regenerating from logging and fire near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 275-284
Lunney, D. & Leary, T. 1989. Movement patterns of the white-footed dunnart, Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in a logged, burnt forest on the south coast of New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 207-215
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] [30]
Morton, S.R., Wainer, J.W. & Thwaites, T.P. 1980. Distributions and habitats of Sminthopsis leucopus and S. murina (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in Southeastern Australia. Australian Mammalogy 3: 19-30
Smith, A.M.A. 1983. The subspecific biochemical taxonomy of Antechinus minimus, A. swainsonii and Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 753-762
Van Dyck, S. 1984. Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in north Queensland rainforest. Australian Mammalogy 8: 53-60
Wilson, B.A. & Aberton, J.G. 2006. Effects of landscape, habitat and fire on the distribution of the white-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the eastern Otways. Australian Mammalogy 28: 27-38
Woolley, P.A. & Ahern, L.C. 1983. Observations on the ecology and reproduction of Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95: 169-180
Woolley, P.A. & Gilfillan, S.L. 1991. Confirmation of polyoestry in captive white-footed dunnarts, Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 14: 137-138
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (White-footed Dunnart)
History of changes
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| 15-Oct-2010 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |