Long-tailed dunnart

Long-tailed dunnart
Long-tailed dunnart specimen
CITES Appendix I 
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Antechinomys
Species:
A. longicaudatus
Binomial name
Antechinomys longicaudatus
Long-tailed dunnart range
Synonyms

Sminthopsis longicaudatus

The long-tailed dunnart (Antechinomys longicaudatus) is an Australian dunnart that, like the little long-tailed dunnart, has a tail longer than its body. It is also one of the larger dunnarts at a length from snout to tail of 260–306 mm (10.2–12.0 in) of which head to anus is 80–96 mm (3.1–3.8 in) and tail 180–210 mm (7.1–8.3 in) long. Hind foot size is 18 mm (0.71 in), ear length of 21 mm (0.83 in) and with a weight of 15–20 g (0.53–0.71 oz).

Social organisation and breeding

A nocturnal species, this marsupial has great agility for jumping. When breeding during October–November, it burrows a hole under logs and makes its nests out of grass. The litter is of up to 6 joeys.[citation needed]

It is locally considered to be endangered, but the IUCN Red List indicates that it is of least concern.

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. 35. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 McKenzie, N.; Zichy-Woinarski, J.C.; Burbidge, A.A.; Turpin, J. (2025). "Antechinomys longicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T40545A258653138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T40545A258653138.en.
  3. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ↑ "Antechinomys longicaudatus (W. B. Spencer, 1909)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

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