Sooty dunnart: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the sooty dunnart live?

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

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

What kind of animal is the sooty dunnart?

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

About the sooty dunnart

The sooty dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus) is a species of dunnart found in Western Australia. It is one of the least-known of the dunnarts, with the IUCN classifying it as least concern. It was formerly believed to be a subspecies of the common dunnart (S. murina).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sooty dunnart (revision 1366174138), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194736 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).