Red-cheeked dunnart

Red-cheeked dunnart[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species:
S. virginiae
Binomial name
Sminthopsis virginiae
(de Tarragon, 1847)
Red-cheeked dunnart range
Synonyms

Phascologale virginiae

The red-cheeked dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae) is so called because of the distinctive red hair on its cheek. It is an Australasian marsupial. Its total length is 167–270 mm (6.6–10.6 in); its average body length is 80–135 mm (3.1–5.3 in) with a tail of 87–135 mm (3.4–5.3 in). Ear length is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). Its weight varies between 18 and 75 g (0.63 and 2.65 oz). Its tail is thin and pale pink.

Distribution and habitat

The red-cheeked dunnart is distributed in Australia and New Guinea. The nominate subspecies S. v. virginiae occurs in the Queensland around the North Gulf, NE coasts, Mackay to Cape York. Subspecies S. v. nitela inhabits the Kimberley's to the top of Northern Territory. Habitat includes woodlands, open rocky forests, savannah grasslands, swamps, soaks and margins of tropical forests.

Social organisation and breeding

The behaviour of the red-cheeked dunnart, like most Sminthopsis species, is not well known. They breed from October to March. Young are gestated for 15 days and weaned at 65–70 days with maturity by 4–6 months.

Diet

Its typical diet includes insects and small vertebrates. They quickly learn to avoid the poisonous cane toad.[3]

Subspecies

There are three recognised subspecies of the red-cheeked dunnart:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Burnett, S.; Woinarski, J.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Sminthopsis virginiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40549A21948773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40549A21948773.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ Webb, Jonathan K; Pearson, David; Shine, Richard (2011-12-09). "A small dasyurid predator (Sminthopsis virginiae) rapidly learns to avoid a toxic invader". Wildlife Research. 38 (8): 726–731. doi:10.1071/WR10206. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  • Menkhorst, P.; Knight, F. (2001). A field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford Press. ISBN 0-19-550870-X.

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