Carpentarian Dunnart (species: Sminthopsis butleri) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
Animalia > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Marsupialia > Dasyuromorphia > Dasyuridae > Sminthopsinae > Sminthopsis > Sminthopsis butleri
Sminthopsis butleri
Carpentarian Dunnart

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Dasyuromorphia
Family Dasyuridae
Genus Sminthopsis
Species Sminthopsis butleri
Status vulnerable
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 8.8 cm (Head and Body)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Found in the Northern Kimberley's near Kalumburu in Western Australia and Bathurst and Melville Island in the Northern Territory. Habitat consists of eucalyptus and melaleuca forest with sandy soils up to and including 20 km from the coast. Also present on the island of New Guinea. In New Guinea found in grasslands and savannah in west of the island. (Wikipedia)

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