Little long-tailed dunnart
| Little long-tailed dunnart | |
|---|---|
| Little long-tailed dunnart pit-trapped at Alexander Morrison National Park in Western Australia (August 2022) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Sminthopsis |
| Species: | S. dolichura |
| Binomial name | |
| Sminthopsis dolichura Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984 | |
| Little long-tailed dunnart range | |
The Little long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) is a dunnart that was, along with Gilbert's dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail is 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) of which head and body are 6.5–5 cm (2.6–2.0 in) and tail 8.5–10.5 cm (3.3–4.1 in) long. Hind foot size is 16–17 mm (0.63–0.67 in), the ear length is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in) and the weight is 10–20 g (0.35–0.71 oz).