Species Sminthopsis macroura (Gould, 1845)
Stripe-faced Dunnart
Generic Combinations
- Sminthopsis macroura (Gould, 1845).
Introduction
Subspecies not identified in Mahoney & Ride (1988: 31), synonymies followed Archer (1981: 102, 105).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread throughout the arid zone and northern savannahs of Australia, recently recorded from Eucla, SA SE coastal (holotype of monticola only).
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), New England Tablelands (NET), Riverina (RIV) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, hummock grassland, low open woodland, low shrubland, nocturnal, predator, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Denser vegetation along creeks, samphire, cracked black-soil plains, stony tablelands, ?wet sclerophyll (holotype of monticola only).
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
Cole, J.R. & Gibson, D.F. 1990. Distribution of stripe-faced dunnarts Sminthopsis macroura and desert dunnarts S. youngsoni (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 14: 129-131
Coleman, G.J., O'Reilly, H.M. & Armstrong, S.M. 1989. Food-deprivation induced phase shifts in Sminthopsis macroura froggatti. Journal of Biological Rhythms 4: 49-60
Fox, B.J. 1982. A review of dasyurid ecology and speculation on the role of limiting similarity in community organization. pp. 97-116 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.
Frigo, L. & Woolley, P.A. 1996. Development of the skeleton of the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 155-164
Frigo, L. & Woolley, P.A. 1997. Growth and development of pouch young of the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macrourua (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in captivity. Australian Journal of Ecology 45: 157-170
Geiser, F. & Baudinette, R.V. 1985. The influence of temperature and photophase on daily torpor in Sminthopsis macroura (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 156: 129-134
Gemmell, R.T. & Masters, P. 1994. Structural development in the newborn marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura. Acta Anatomica 149: 1-12
Haynes, J.I. & Skidmore, J.W. 1991. Haematology of the dasyurid marsupials Sminthopsis crassicaudata and Sminthopsis macroura. Australian Journal of Zoology 39: 157-169
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]
Morton, S.R. 1982. Dasyurid marsupials of the Australian arid zone: an ecological review. pp. 117-130 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.
Morton, S.R. 1995. Stripe-faced Dunnart Sminthopsis macroura. pp. 148-149 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Morton, S.R., Denny, M.J.S. & Read, D.G. 1983. Habitat preferences and diets of sympatric Sminthopsis crassicaudata and S. macroura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 6: 29-34
O'Reilly, H.M., Armstrong, S.M. & Coleman, G.J. 1984. Responses to variations in lighting schedules on the circadian activity rhythms of Sminthopsis macroura froggatti (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 89-99
Selwood, L. & Woolley, P.A. 1991. A timetable of embryonic development, and ovarian and uterine changes during pregnancy, in the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 91: 213-227
Song, X., Kortner, G. & Geiser, F. 1995. Reduction of metabolic rate and thermoregulation during daily torpor. Journal of Comparative Physiology B B 165: 291-297
Song, X.W., Kortner, G. & Geiser, F. 1998. Temperature selection and use of torpor by the marsupial Sminthopsis macroura. Physiology and Behaviour 64: 675-682
Song, Xiao Wei & Geiser, F. 1997. Daily torpor and energy expenditure in Sminthopsis macroura: interactions between food and water availability and temperature. Physiological Zoology 70: 331-337
Taggart, D.A., Selwood, L. & Temple-Smith, P.D. 1997. Sperm production, storage, and the synchronization of male and female reproductive cycles in the iteroparous, stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura; Marsupialia): relationship to reproductive strategies within the Dasyuridae. Journal of Zoology, London 243: 725-736
Woolley, P.A. 1990. Reproduction in Sminthopsis macroura (Marsupialia; Dasyuridae) II. the male. Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 207-217
Woolley, P.A. 1990. Reproduction in Sminthopsis macrourus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) I. the female. Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 187-205
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Stripe-faced Dunnart)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | DASYUROMORPHIA | 21-May-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 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) |