Carpentarian Dunnart

Taxobox
name = Carpentarian Dunnart
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Dasyuromorphia
familia = Dasyuridae
genus = "Sminthopsis"
species = ""'S. butleri"
binomial = "Sminthopsis butleri"
binomial_authority = (Archer, 1979)
range_

range_map_caption =

The Carpentarian Dunnart "(Sminthopsis butleri)" also known as the Butler's Dunnart with a puffy brown or mouse grey colour above and the underside of white, similar to its close relative the Kakadu Dunnart. Head to anus length is 75-88m awith a tail of 72-90mm long for a total length of 147-178mm. Weight varies from 10-20gr depending on a variety of factors including sex, food abundance, habitat etc.

Distribution and habitat

Found in the Northern Kimberley's near Kalumburu in Western Australia and Bathurst and Melville Island in the Northern Territory. Habitat consists of eucalyptus and melaleuca forest with sandy soils up to and including 20 km from the coast. Also present on the island of New Guinea. In New Guinea found in grasslands and savannah in west of the island.

ocial organisation and breeding

May breed in the dry season but needs more study.

Diet

No information, but most likely insects and small vertebrates.

References

*MSW3 Groves|pages=34
*cite book|title=Mammals of Victoria|first=Peter W.|last=Menkhorst|publisher=Oxford Press|year=1995|id=ISBN 0-19-553733-5

External links

* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=MARSUPIALIA;pstrTaxa=741;pstrChecklistMode=1 Australian Biological Resources Study]
* [http://www.australianfauna.com/carpentariandunnart.php Australianfauna.com]
* [http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/p-mimulus-s-butleri-n-aquilo/parta.html National Multi-species Recovery Plan for the Carpentarian Antechinus]
* [http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/p-mimulus-s-butleri-n-aquilo/pubs/p-mimulus-s-butleri-n-aquilo.pdf#search='Carpentarian%20Dunnart' Recovery plan]
* [http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/threatened/pdf/butlers_dunnart_vu.pdf#search='Carpentarian%20Dunnart' Threatened species of the Northern Territory]