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Sminthopsis psammophila (Sandhill Dunnart)

Synonyms: Antechinomys psammophila

Wikipedia Abstract

The sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) is a species of small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is known from four scattered arid areas of Australia: near Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory, the central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, the southwestern edge of the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia, and at Yellabinna in South Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Sminthopsis psammophila

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Sminthopsis psammophila

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
60
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.88
EDGE Score: 4.64
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  28 grams
Female Weight [1]  26 grams
Male Weight [1]  31 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  19.2 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  80 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Gestation [1]  18 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  5 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.331 inches (11 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Great Victoria desert Australia Australasia Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Tirari-Sturt stony desert Australia Australasia Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Nullarbor Regional Reserve 5606609 South Australia, Australia      
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park II 332429 Northern Territory, Australia
Yellabinna Regional Reserve 4944322 South Australia, Australia      

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0