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Sminthopsis  Thomas, 1887
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552418

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Dunnarts [English]
  
    narrow-footed marsupial 'mice' [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880  
                               OrderDasyuromorphia Gill, 1872  
                                  FamilyDasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 – carnivorous marsupials  
                                     SubfamilySminthopsinae Archer, 1982  
                                        GenusSminthopsis Thomas, 1887 – Dunnarts, narrow-footed marsupial 'mice'  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Sminthopsis aitkeni Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry, 1984 – Kangaroo Island Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis archeri Van Dyck, 1986 – Chestnut Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis bindi Van Dyck, Woinarski and Press, 1994 – Kakadu Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis butleri Archer, 1979 – Carpentarian Dunnart, Butler's Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844) – Fat-tailed Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis dolichura Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry, 1984 – Little Long-tailed Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis douglasi Archer, 1979 – Julia Creek Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis gilberti Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry, 1984 – Gilbert's Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis granulipes Troughton, 1932 – White-tailed Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis griseoventer Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry, 1984 – Gray-bellied Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis hirtipes Thomas, 1898 – Hairy-footed Dunnart, Greater Hairy-footed Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842) – White-footed Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis longicaudata Spencer, 1909 – Long-tailed Dunnart, long tailed marsupial-mouse, Greater Long-tailed Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis macroura (Gould, 1845) – Stripe-faced Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1838) – Slender-tailed Dunnart, Common Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis ooldea Troughton, 1965 – Ooldea Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis psammophila Spencer, 1895 – Sandhill Dunnart, large desert marsupial-mouse 
                                           Species Sminthopsis virginiae (de Tarragon, 1847) – Red-cheeked Dunnart 
                                           Species Sminthopsis youngsoni McKenzie and Archer, 1982 – Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Colin P. Groves  
  Notes: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia   
  Reference for: Sminthopsis    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia   
  Page(s): 631   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-343   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sminthopsis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nowak, Ronald M.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.   
  Page(s): 1629   
  Publisher: The Johns Hopkins UniversityPress   
  Publication Place: Baltimore and London   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-3970-X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sminthopsis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Sminthopsis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sminthopsis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials   
  Page(s): 1-799   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sminthopsis   
       

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