词条 | Red-cheeked dunnart |
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| name = Red-cheeked dunnart[1] | image = PhascologaleVirginiaeSmit.jpg | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = [2] | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | infraclassis = Marsupialia | ordo = Dasyuromorphia | familia = Dasyuridae | genus = Sminthopsis | species = 'S. virginiae | binomial = Sminthopsis virginiae | binomial_authority = (de Tarragon, 1847) | range_map = Red-cheeked Dunnart.JPG | range_map_caption = Red-cheeked dunnart range | synonyms = Phascologale virginiae }} 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 length is 167–270 mm; its average body length is 80–135 mm with a tail of 87–135 mm. Ear length is 12–13 mm. Its weight varies between 18 and 75 grams. Its tail is thin and pale pink. Distribution and habitatThe red-cheeked dunnart is distributed in Australia and New Guinea. The nominate subspecies S. v. virginiae occurs in the Queensland around the North Gulf, NE coasts, Mackay to Cape York. Subspecies S. v. nitela inhabits the Kimberley's to the top of Northern Territory. Habitat includes woodlands, open rocky forests, savannah grasslands, swamps, soaks and margins of tropical forests. Social organisation and breedingThe behaviour of the red-cheecked dunnart, like most Sminthopsis species, is not well known. They breed from October to March. Young are gestated for 15 days and weaned at 65–70 days with maturity by 4–6 months. DietIts typical diet includes mainly small reptiles. SubspeciesThere are three recognised subspecies of the red-cheeked dunnart:[1]
References1. ^1 {{MSW3 Groves|pages=36}} 2. ^{{IUCN2008|assessor=Helgen, K.|assessor2=Dickman, C.|assessor3=Lunde, D.|assessor4=Burnett, S.|assessor5=Woinarski, J.|assessor6=Woolley, P.|last-assessor-amp=yes|year=2008|id=40549|title=Sminthopsis virginiae|downloaded=28 December 2008}}
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8 : Dasyuromorphs|Mammals of Western New Guinea|Mammals of Papua New Guinea|Mammals of Queensland|Mammals of Western Australia|Mammals of the Northern Territory|Marsupials of Australia|Mammals described in 1847 |
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