Sandhill dunnart: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the sandhill dunnart live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sandhill 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 sandhill dunnart endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the sandhill dunnart?

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

About the sandhill dunnart

The sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) is a species of carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is known from four scattered semi-arid areas of Australia: near Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory, the central and eastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, the southwestern and western edges of the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia, and at Yellabinna in South Australia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sandhill dunnart (revision 1362778760), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q133345 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).