Sandhill dunnart

Sminthopsis psammophila, in English under the name Sandhill dunnart ( "Sand Dune Schmalfuß bag mouse " ), is a Beutelsäugerart from the kind of Schmalfuß Bag mice, which is endemic to Australia. It has not yet recognized German name.

Sminthopsis psammophila counts with a total length 110-128 mm, with 22 to 26 millimeters relate to the tail, the largest species of its genus. The weight varies 26-40 grams. The fur color varies from gray to yellow on the back brown, the belly is white, however.

The distribution of this robbery Beutler covers four separate, arid areas. He comes near the Lake Amadeus in the Northern Territory, on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, in the southwest of the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia and in the Yellabinna Sand Dunes in South Australia before.

The habitat are low sand dunes, particularly near the grass of the genus Spinifex. The diet consists of insects.

Sminthopsis psammophila one of the rarest Schmalfuß Bag mice. The IUCN lists this species as " critically endangered " ( endangered ).