Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) is an Australian dunnart that, like the Little Long-tailed Dunnart, has a tail longer than its body. It is also one of the larger dunnarts at a length from snout to tail of 260-306 mm of which head to anus is 80-96 mm and tail 180-210 mm long. Hind foot size is 18 mm, ear length of 21 mm and with a weight of 15-20 g.
(Wikipedia).
Country Distribution:
Sminthopsis longicaudata is found in the following countries:
(IUCN Red List).
Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for
Sminthopsis longicaudata:
Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).
Habitat:
In Western Australia it is known from the Pilbara and eastern coast to the NE goldfields and Gibson desert (Young Ranges) south to the Nullarbor Plain, to central Northern Territory and western South Australia. Its habitat includes Acacia, rocky screes with hummock grass and shrubs, and tall open shrubland and woodlands.
(Wikipedia).
CONSERVATION STATUS
Red List Category & Criteria:
Sminthopsis longicaudata is listed as
LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).
Year Assessed:
Sminthopsis longicaudata's status was assessed in
1996 (IUCN Red List).
Assessor:
Sminthopsis longicaudata's Red List status was evaluated by
Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (IUCN Red List).
Diet:
It eats invertebrates like ants, beetles and centipedes.
(Wikipedia).
Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for
Sminthopsis longicaudata:
Citations listed by IUCN
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.
Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. 1982. The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book. Part 1: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
(IUCN Red List).
References: Wikipedia lists the following as references for
Sminthopsis longicaudata:
Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Sminthopsis longicaudata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 35. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service - Australian Endangered Species - mammals Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service - Resource Kit: Endangered Species (Wikipedia).
Links:
IUCN Red List Profile for Sminthopsis longicaudata (IUCN Red List).
