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    The red-cheeked dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae) is so called because of the distinctive red hair on its cheek. It is an Australasian marsupial. Its total...
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    Sminthopsis butleri Julia Creek dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi Stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura Red-cheeked dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae S. granulipes...
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    fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae, the family that includes the little red kaluta, quolls...
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    Sminthopsis butleri Julia Creek dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi Stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura Red-cheeked dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae S. granulipes...
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    The Carpentarian dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) also known as Butler's dunnart is a marsupial with a puffy brown or mouse grey colour above and the underside...
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    The sooty dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus) is a species of dunnart found in Western Australia. It is one of the least-known of the dunnarts, with the...
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    Sminthopsis butleri Julia Creek dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi Stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura Red-cheeked dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae S. granulipes...
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    The slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina), also known as the common dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial. It has an average body length...
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    Sminthopsis butleri Julia Creek dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi Stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura Red-cheeked dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae S. granulipes...
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    indicator of reproductive status: during the follicular phase pouches are red and have secretions, and after ovulation pouches are deep and wet. This can...
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    The Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) is a marsupial with a buffy brown upperside and white underside. This dunnart has a body length of 100–135 mm...
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  • (Sminthopsis butleri) Julia Creek dunnart, (Sminthopsis douglasi) Stripe-faced dunnart, (Sminthopsis macroura) Red-cheeked dunnart, (Sminthopsis virginiae) S...
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    The white-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) is a marsupial that occurs on Tasmania and mainland Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner...
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    The Kakadu dunnart (Sminthopsis bindi) is a dunnart first described in 1994 and whose closest relative is the Carpentarian dunnart. It typically has a...
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    The lesser hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni) is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly...
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    comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the extinct thylacine. In Australia...
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    The Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) is a dark sooty-grey coloured dunnart species first described in 1969, with paler underparts of its...
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  • douglasi NT Stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura LC Red-cheeked dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae LC White-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis granulipes LC...
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    bindi) Carpentarian dunnart (S. butleri) Julia Creek dunnart (S. douglasi) Stripe-faced dunnart (S. macroura) Red-cheeked dunnart (S. virginiae) S. granulipes...
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    The chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986 and is named because of its chestnut colour in the upperparts...
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    The white-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis granulipes), also known as the ash-grey dunnart, is a dunnart native to Australia. A species first named by Gerard...
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    Numbat (category IUCN Red List endangered species)
    soft nature of its diet. Uniquely among terrestrial mammals, an additional cheek tooth is located between the premolars and molars; whether this represents...
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    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...
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  • Tribe: Sminthopsini Genus: Sminthopsis Chestnut dunnart, Sminthopsis archeri DD Red-cheeked dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae LC Tribe: Planigalini Genus:...
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    The sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) is a species of carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is known from four scattered...
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    Fawn antechinus (category IUCN Red List vulnerable species)
    species in the area where it lives (the sandstone dibbler and the red-cheeked dunnart) by its larger size and paler colouring. It is insectivorous and...
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    Tasmanian devil (category IUCN Red List endangered species)
    primitive marsupials. Like all dasyurids, the devil has prominent canines and cheek teeth. It has three pairs of lower incisors and four pairs of upper incisors...
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    The grey-bellied dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with...
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  • longicaudata LC Stripe-faced dunnart, S. macroura LC Ooldea dunnart, S. ooldea LC Sandhill dunnart, S. psammophila EN Red-cheeked dunnart, S. virginiae LC Lesser...
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    The little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae) is a small, reddish-brown, shrew-like mammal native to dry grasslands of northwest Australia. It is active...
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