Carpentarian dunnart: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Carpentarian dunnart lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sminthopsis butleri
Group	Marsupials
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the Carpentarian dunnart live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Carpentarian dunnart in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Carpentarian dunnart endangered?

The Carpentarian dunnart’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Carpentarian dunnart?

The Carpentarian dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Sminthopsis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Carpentarian dunnart

The Carpentarian dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) also known as Butler's dunnart is a marsupial with a puffy brown or mouse grey colour above and the underside of white, similar to its close relative the Kakadu dunnart. Head to anus length is 75-88mm with a tail of 72-90mm long for a total length of 147-178mm. Weight varies from 10-20g depending on a variety of factors including sex, food abundance, habitat etc.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Carpentarian dunnart (revision 1313946088), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q134084 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).