Sminthopsis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Dasyuromorphia
Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Sminthopsinae
Tribus: Sminthopsini
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species: S. aitkeni - S. archeri - S. bindi - S. boullangerensis - S. butleri - S. crassicaudata - S. dolichura - S. douglasi - S. fuliginosus - S. gilberti - S. granulipes - S. griseoventer - S. hirtipes - S. leucopus - S. longicaudata - S. macroura - S. murina - S. ooldea - S. psammophila - S. virginiae - S. youngsoni

Name

Sminthopsis Thomas, 1887

Type species: Phascogale crassicaudata Gould, 1844

Vernacular names

References

* Sminthopsis on Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 2, 4: 503.

Dunnarts are furry narrow-footed marsupials the size of a mouse, members of the genus Sminthopsis. They are mainly insectivorous. A male dunnart's Y chromosome has only 4 genes, making it the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.[2]

There are 21 species, all in Australia and some in New Guinea:

* Genus Sminthopsis
o S. crassicaudata species-group
+ Fat-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis crassicaudata
o S. macroura species-group
+ Kakadu Dunnart, Sminthopsis bindi
+ Carpentarian Dunnart, Sminthopsis butleri
+ Julia Creek Dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi
+ Stripe-faced Dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura
+ Red-cheeked Dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae
o S. granulipes species-group
+ White-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis granulipes
o S. griseoventer species-group
+ Kangaroo Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis aitkeni
+ Boullanger Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis boullangerensis
+ Grey-bellied Dunnart, Sminthopsis griseoventer
o S. longicaudata species-group
+ Long-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis longicaudata
o S. murina species-group
+ Chestnut Dunnart, Sminthopsis archeri
+ Little Long-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis dolichura
+ Sooty Dunnart, Sminthopsis fulginosus
+ Gilbert's Dunnart, Sminthopsis gilberti
+ White-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis leucopus
+ Slender-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis murina
o S. psammophila species-group
+ Hairy-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis hirtipes
+ Ooldea Dunnart, Sminthopsis ooldea
+ Sandhill Dunnart, Sminthopsis psammophila
+ Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis youngsoni

References

1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 33–36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
2. ^ Toder R., Wakefield M.J., Graves J.A.M. (2000). "The minimal mammalian Y chromosome - the marsupial Y as a model system". Cytogenet Cell Genet 91 (1-4): 285–92. doi:10.1159/000056858. PMID 11173870.