Slender-tailed dunnart

Small Schmalfußbeutelmaus

The Small Schmalfußbeutelmaus ( Sminthopsis murina ) is a Beutelsäugerart from the kind of Schmalfuß Bag mice, which is endemic to Australia.

Description

This species is closely related to the Tasmanian devil. The body length is between 70 and 120 mm, the tail is 55-130 mm long. The weight varies with the males from 25 to 40.8 g, two females from 16.5 to 25.4 g

Distribution and habitat

The distribution area of S. murina extends from the eastern and south-eastern coast and Central Australia from the Cape York Peninsula in the Northern Territory to Port Lincoln in South Australia.

There were two subspecies:

  • S. murina murina lives throughout the above circulation area,
  • S. murina Tadei only between Townsville and Cairns in Queensland. This species is found at altitudes 60-360 m and preferred areas with a rainfall 30-85 cm per year. The inhabited habitats are eucalyptus bushes, dry forests and dry heathland.

Reproduction

The breeding season begins in New South Wales in September and lasts until March to. The females can not mate in the next mating season, the males usually die after mating. The gestation period is 12.5 days, then be born 8-10 young, which are weaned at 60 to 65 days. This species is nocturnal.

Nutrition

The diet consists of arthropods.

Threat

The IUCN lists this species as " safely " ( least concern ).

Swell

  • Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996 ): Sminthopsis murina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Accessed on 12 May 2006.
  • Groves, C. (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, DE, and Reeder, DM ( eds. ): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 35, ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  • Menkhorst, Peter W. (1995 ): Mammals of Victoria. Oxford Press, 66-67, ISBN 0-19-553733-5.
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