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{{Short description|Genus of mammals (Sminthopsis; marsupials)}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Dunnarts<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=33–36}}</ref>
| image = Ant lucp.jpg
| image = Ant lucp.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Sminthopsis leucopus|white-footed dunnart]]''
| image_caption = White-footed dunnart<br/>(''[[Sminthopsis leucopus]]'')
| taxon = Sminthopsis
| taxon = Sminthopsis
| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1887
| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1887
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| type_species_authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1844
| type_species_authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1844
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = 21, see text
| subdivision = 23, see text
}}
}}


A '''dunnart''' (from [[Noongar language|Noongar]] ''donat''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Abbott |first=Ian |date=2001 |title=Aboriginal names of mammal species in south-west Western Australia |url=https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/enwiki/static/Journals/080273/080273-03.019.pdf |journal=CALMScience |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=450–451}}</ref>) is a narrow-footed [[marsupial]] the size of a European mouse, of the genus '''''Sminthopsis'''''. Dunnarts have a largely [[insectivore|insectivorous]] diet.
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'''Dunnarts''' are furry narrow-footed [[marsupial]]s the size of a mouse, members of the genus '''''Sminthopsis'''''. They are mainly [[insectivore|insectivorous]]. A male dunnart's [[Y chromosome]] is the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Toder R. |author2=Wakefield M.J. |author3=Graves J.A.M. |title=The minimal mammalian Y chromosome - the marsupial Y as a model system |journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet |volume=91 |issue=1–4 |pages=285–92 |year=2000 |pmid=11173870 |doi=10.1159/000056858}}</ref>


== Taxonomy ==
== Taxonomy ==
[[File:Fat-tailed_Dunnart_(Sminthopsis_crassicaudata)_(14559441713).jpg|thumb|Fat-tailed dunnart in its natural habitat.]]
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The genus name ''Sminthopsis'' was published by [[Oldfield Thomas]] in 1887, the author noting that the name ''[[Podabrus]]'' that had previously been used to describe the species was preoccupied as a genus of beetles.<ref name="Divljan2015">{{cite journal |last1=Divljan |first1=Anja |last2=Ingleby |first2=Sandy |last3=Parnaby |first3=Harry |title=Taxonomic status of ''Podabrus albocaudatus'' Krefft, 1872 and declaration of ''Sminthopsis granulipes'' Troughton, 1932 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) as a protected name for the White-tailed Dunnart from Western Australia |journal=Zootaxa |date=6 January 2015 |volume=3904 |issue=2 |pages=283–292 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.7 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.7 |language=en |issn=1175-5334}}</ref>

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The genus name ''Sminthopsis'' was published by [[Oldfield Thomas]] in 1887, the author noting that the name ''[[Podabrus]]'' that had previously been used to describe the species was preoccupied as a genus of beetles.<ref name="Divljan2015">{{cite journal |last1=Divljan |first1=Anja |last2=Ingleby |first2=Sandy |last3=Parnaby |first3=Harry |s2cid=30027103 |title=Taxonomic status of ''Podabrus albocaudatus'' Krefft, 1872 and declaration of ''Sminthopsis granulipes'' Troughton, 1932 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) as a protected name for the White-tailed Dunnart from Western Australia |journal=Zootaxa |date=6 January 2015 |volume=3904 |issue=2 |pages=283–292 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.7 |pmid=25660785 |language=en |issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free }}</ref>
The type species is ''[[Phascogale crassicaudata]]'', published by [[John Gould]] in 1844.
The type species is ''[[Phascogale crassicaudata]]'', published by [[John Gould]] in 1844.


There are 19 species,{{efn|The list is based on the Third edition of Wilson & Reeder's [[Mammal Species of the World]] (2005) except where both the [https://mammaldiversity.org/ Mammal Diversity Database] and [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] agree on the change.|group=note}} all of them in [[Australia]] or [[New Guinea]]:<ref>{{cite web | title=Sminthopsis longicaudata | publisher=WA Museum Collections | date=2017-02-14 | url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/online-collections/names/sminthopsis-longicaudata | ref={{sfnref | WA Museum Collections | 2017}} | access-date=2020-12-24}}</ref>
There are 21 species, all of which occur in [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]:{{CN|date=14 June 2019}}

* '''Genus ''Sminthopsis'' '''
* '''Genus ''Sminthopsis'' '''
** ''S. crassicaudata'' species-group
** ''S. crassicaudata'' species-group
*** [[Fat-tailed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis crassicaudata''
*** [[Fat-tailed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis crassicaudata]]''
** ''S. macroura'' species-group
** ''S. macroura'' species-group
*** [[Kakadu dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis bindi''
*** [[Kakadu dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis bindi]]''
*** [[Carpentarian dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis butleri''
*** [[Carpentarian dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis butleri]]''
*** [[Julia Creek dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis douglasi''
*** [[Julia Creek dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis douglasi]]''
*** [[Stripe-faced dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis macroura''
*** [[Stripe-faced dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis macroura]]''
*** [[Red-cheeked dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis virginiae''
*** [[Red-cheeked dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis virginiae]]''
** ''S. granulipes'' species-group
** ''S. granulipes'' species-group
*** [[White-tailed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis granulipes''
*** [[White-tailed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis granulipes]]''
** ''S. griseoventer'' species-group
** ''S. griseoventer'' species-group
*** [[Kangaroo Island dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis aitkeni''
*** [[Grey-bellied dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis griseoventer]]''
*** [[Boullanger Island dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis boullangerensis''
*** [[Grey-bellied dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis griseoventer''
** ''S. longicaudata'' species-group
** ''S. longicaudata'' species-group
*** [[Long-tailed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis longicaudata''
*** [[Long-tailed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis longicaudata]]''
** ''S. murina'' species-group
** ''S. murina'' species-group
*** [[Chestnut dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis archeri''
*** [[Chestnut dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis archeri]]''
*** [[Little long-tailed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis dolichura''
*** [[Little long-tailed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis dolichura]]''
*** [[Sooty dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis fuliginosus''
*** [[Sooty dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis fuliginosus]]''
*** [[Gilbert's dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis gilberti''
*** [[Gilbert's dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis gilberti]]''
*** [[White-footed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis leucopus''
*** [[White-footed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis leucopus]]''
*** [[Slender-tailed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis murina''
*** [[Slender-tailed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis murina]]''
** ''S. psammophila'' species-group
** ''S. psammophila'' species-group
*** [[Hairy-footed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis hirtipes''
*** [[Hairy-footed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis hirtipes]]''
*** [[Ooldea dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis ooldea''
*** [[Ooldea dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis ooldea]]''
*** [[Sandhill dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis psammophila''
*** [[Sandhill dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis psammophila]]''
*** [[Lesser hairy-footed dunnart]], ''Sminthopsis youngsoni''
*** [[Lesser hairy-footed dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis youngsoni]]''

Additionally, two species are recognized by the [[American Society of Mammalogists]]:
* [[Froggatt's dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis froggatti]]''<ref>{{cite mdd|id=1000205|title=''Sminthopsis froggatti'' (E. P. Ramsay, 1887)|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Stalker's dunnart]], ''[[Sminthopsis stalkeri]]''<ref>{{cite mdd|id=1000216|title=''Sminthopsis stalkeri'' O. Thomas, 1906|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>

The American Society of Mammalogists also lists ''S. griseoventer'' as a [[synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of ''S. fuliginosa'',<ref>{{cite mdd|id=1000206|title=''Sminthopsis fuliginosa'' (J. Gould, 1852)|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> and moved ''S. longicaudata'' to the genus ''[[Antechinomys]]''.<ref>{{cite mdd|id=1000211|title=''Antechinomys longicaudatus'' (W. B. Spencer, 1909)|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>

== Description ==
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A male dunnart's [[Y chromosome]] is the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Toder R. |author2=Wakefield M.J. |author3=Graves J.A.M. |title=The minimal mammalian Y chromosome - the marsupial Y as a model system |journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet |volume=91 |issue=1–4 |pages=285–92 |year=2000 |pmid=11173870 |doi=10.1159/000056858|s2cid=30401023 }}</ref>

== Notes ==
{{Notelist|group=note}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links==
== External links==
*[http://www.marsupialsociety.org/checklist.html Marsupial Society's checklist]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130317233606/http://www.marsupialsociety.org/checklist.html Marsupial Society's checklist]


{{Dasyuromorphia|D.S.}}
{{Dasyuromorphia|D.S.}}

Latest revision as of 08:07, 31 October 2024

Dunnart
White-footed dunnart
(Sminthopsis leucopus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Sminthopsinae
Tribe: Sminthopsini
Genus: Sminthopsis
Thomas, 1887
Type species
Phascogale crassicaudata
Gould, 1844
Species

23, see text

A dunnart (from Noongar donat[1]) is a narrow-footed marsupial the size of a European mouse, of the genus Sminthopsis. Dunnarts have a largely insectivorous diet.

Taxonomy

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Fat-tailed dunnart in its natural habitat.

The genus name Sminthopsis was published by Oldfield Thomas in 1887, the author noting that the name Podabrus that had previously been used to describe the species was preoccupied as a genus of beetles.[2] The type species is Phascogale crassicaudata, published by John Gould in 1844.

There are 19 species,[note 1] all of them in Australia or New Guinea:[3]

Additionally, two species are recognized by the American Society of Mammalogists:

The American Society of Mammalogists also lists S. griseoventer as a synonym of S. fuliginosa,[6] and moved S. longicaudata to the genus Antechinomys.[7]

Description

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A male dunnart's Y chromosome is the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ The list is based on the Third edition of Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World (2005) except where both the Mammal Diversity Database and IUCN agree on the change.

References

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  1. ^ Abbott, Ian (2001). "Aboriginal names of mammal species in south-west Western Australia" (PDF). CALMScience. 3 (4): 450–451.
  2. ^ Divljan, Anja; Ingleby, Sandy; Parnaby, Harry (6 January 2015). "Taxonomic status of Podabrus albocaudatus Krefft, 1872 and declaration of Sminthopsis granulipes Troughton, 1932 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) as a protected name for the White-tailed Dunnart from Western Australia". Zootaxa. 3904 (2): 283–292. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25660785. S2CID 30027103.
  3. ^ "Sminthopsis longicaudata". WA Museum Collections. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  4. ^ "Sminthopsis froggatti (E. P. Ramsay, 1887)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Sminthopsis stalkeri O. Thomas, 1906". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Sminthopsis fuliginosa (J. Gould, 1852)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Antechinomys longicaudatus (W. B. Spencer, 1909)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. ^ Toder R.; Wakefield M.J.; Graves J.A.M. (2000). "The minimal mammalian Y chromosome - the marsupial Y as a model system". Cytogenet Cell Genet. 91 (1–4): 285–92. doi:10.1159/000056858. PMID 11173870. S2CID 30401023.
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