Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata (Fat-Tailed Dunnart)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Fat-Tailed Dunnart

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Marsupialia () - (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Australidelphia () - (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Eometatheria () - (Simpson, 1970) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Grandorder: Dasyuromorphia () - (Gill, 1872) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Order: Dasyuromorphia () - (Gill, 1872) Aplin & Archer, in Archer, ed., 1987
        Family: Dasyuridae () - (Goldfuss, 1820) Waterhouse, 1838
        Subfamily: Sminthopsinae ()
        Tribe: Sminthopsini ()
        Genus: Sminthopsis () - Thomas, 1887
        Specific name: crassicaudata
        Subspecies: crassicaudata
        Scientific name: - Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata (Gould, 1844)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Sminthopsis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. aitkeni (Kangaroo Island Dunnart) · S. archeri (Chestnut Dunnart) · S. bindi (Kakadu Dunnart) · S. boullangerensis (Boullanger Island Dunnart) · S. butleri (Carpentarian Dunnart) · S. crassicaudata (Fat-Tailed Dunnart) · S. crassicaudata crassicaudata (Fat-Tailed Dunnart) · S. dolichura (Little Long-Tailed Dunnart) · S. douglasi (Julia Creek Dunnart) · S. fuliginosus (Sooty Dunnart) · S. gilberti (Gilbert's Dunnart) · S. granulipes (White-Tailed Dunnart) · S. griseoventer (Grey-Bellied Dunnart) · S. griseoventer griseoventer (Gray-Bellied Dunnart) · S. griseoventer nova (Boullanger Island Dunnart) · S. hirtipes (Jerboa Marsupial Mouse) · S. leucopus (White-Footed Dunnart) · S. longicaudata (Long-Tailed Dunnart) · S. macroura (Australian Stripe-Faced Dunnart) · S. murina (Dunnart) · S. murina murina (Narrow-Footed Marsupial Mouse) · S. murina tatei (Common Dunnart) · S. ooldea (Troughton's Sminthopsis) · S. psammophila (Large Desert Marsupial-Mouse) · S. virginiae (Lumholtz's Marsupial Mouse) · S. virginiae virginiae (Red-Cheeked Dunnart) · S. youngsoni (Lesser Hairy-Footed Dunnart)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480121
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 620183