Kakadu dunnart
| Kakadu dunnart | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Sminthopsis |
| Species: | S. bindi |
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Sminthopsis bindi Van Dyck, Woinarski & Press, 1994 |
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| Distribution of the Kakadu dunnart | |
The Kakadu dunnart (Sminthopsis bindi) is a dunnart that was described in 1994 and the closest relative is the Carpentarian dunnart. Its typical body length is 50-85mm long with a tail of 60-105mm for a total length of between 110-190mm, and a weight of between 10-25g, placing this species in the mid-range of the weight of dunnarts. Its colour is grey, gingery on the upper body and underbelly with white feet.
The Kakadu dunnart's distribution is the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia around the Kakadu National Park, and it prefers a habitat of stony woodlands on hilly geography.
Little is known about the social organisation or breeding habits of this species, as it is not well studied, but it probably breeds in the dry season and may burrow.
Its diet may include arthropods and other insects.
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