Lesser hairy-footed dunnart

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Lesser hairy-footed dunnart [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. youngsoni
Binomial name
Sminthopsis youngsoni
McKenzie & Archer, 1982
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Lesser hairy-footed dunnart range

The lesser hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni) is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly common species, being found in many desert areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. [3] Its foraging strategies have been studied by Haythornthwaite and Dickman. [4]

The lesser hairy-footed dunnart is distinguished from the very similar hairy-footed dunnart by its smaller size and less hairy soles. [3]

Population dynamics

During dry periods, hairy-footed dunnart populations remain stable, instead of experiencing a boom-bust cycle like sandy inland mice. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 36. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
  2. ↑ McKenzie, N.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Sminthopsis youngsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T40550A21948853. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40550A21948853.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 72.
  4. ↑ Haythornthwaite, Adele S.; Dickman, Christopher R. (April 2000). "Foraging strategies of an insectivorous marsupial, Sminthopsis youngsoni (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in Australian sandridge desert". Austral Ecology. 25 (2). Wiley: 193–198. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00019.x.
  5. ↑ Stringer, Emily J.; Gruber, Bernd; Sarre, Stephen D.; Wardle, Glenda M.; Edwards, Scott V.; Dickman, Christopher R.; Greenville, Aaron C.; Duncan, Richard P. (30 April 2024). "Boom-bust population dynamics drive rapid genetic change". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121 (18) e2320590121. Bibcode:2024PNAS..12120590S. doi:10.1073/pnas.2320590121. ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   11067018 . PMID   38621118.


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