Slender-tailed dunnart: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the slender-tailed dunnart live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the slender-tailed dunnart in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

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 slender-tailed dunnart endangered?

The slender-tailed dunnart’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the slender-tailed dunnart?

The slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Sminthopsis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the slender-tailed dunnart

The slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina), also known as the common dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial. It has an average body length of 7 to 12 centimeters (2.8–4.7 in) with a tail length of 5.5 to 13 centimetres (2.2–5.1 in). It weighs 25–40.8 grams for males and 16.5–25.4 grams for females.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Slender-tailed dunnart (revision 1372371127), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194183 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).