Sminthopsis granulipes is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Sminthopsis granulipes is commonly known (its common name) as the White-Tailed Dunnart in English. In French (Français), Sminthopsis granulipes is commonly known as the Souris Marsupiale À Queue Blanche.

Sminthopsis granulipes is classified as lower risk-least concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Sminthopsis granulipes is Troughton, 1932 (IUCN Red List).

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Country Distribution: Sminthopsis granulipes is found in the following countries:

Australia (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Sminthopsis granulipes: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Habitat:

This dasyurid occupies two separate areas in Western Australia. The first is east of Perth in the western Goldfields area and the second is to the north of Perth between Kalbarri and Jurien. Habitat consists of coastal heath and sparce to dense shrublands sometimes with mallee eucalypt.

(Wikipedia).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Sminthopsis granulipes is listed as LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Sminthopsis granulipes's status was assessed in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Sminthopsis granulipes's Red List status was evaluated by Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (IUCN Red List).

Diet:

The White-tailed Dunnart mainly eats insects.

(Wikipedia).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Sminthopsis granulipes:[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Sminthopsis granulipes (IUCN Red List).

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