Kakadu Dunnart
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The Kakadu Dunnart is a dunnart
that was described in 1994 and the closest relative is the Carpentarian Dunnart
. Its typical body length is 50-85mm long with a tail of 60-105mm for a total length of between 110-190mm, and a weight of between 10-25g, placing this species in the mid-range of the weight of all the dunnarts. Its colour is grey, gingery on the upper body and underbelly with white feet.
The Kakadu Dunnart's distribution is the Top End
of the Northern Territory
of Australia
around the Kakadu National Park
, and it prefers a habitat of stony woodlands on hilly geography.
Little is known about the social organisation or breeding habits of this species, as it is not well studied, but it probably breeds in the dry season
and may burrow.
Its diet may include arthropod
s and other insect
s.
Dunnart
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....
that was described in 1994 and the closest relative is the Carpentarian Dunnart
Carpentarian Dunnart
The Carpentarian Dunnart also known as the Butler's Dunnart with a puffy brown or mouse grey colour above and the underside of white, similar to its close relative the Kakadu Dunnart. Head to anus length is 75-88m awith a tail of 72-90mm long for a total length of 147-178mm...
. Its typical body length is 50-85mm long with a tail of 60-105mm for a total length of between 110-190mm, and a weight of between 10-25g, placing this species in the mid-range of the weight of all the dunnarts. Its colour is grey, gingery on the upper body and underbelly with white feet.
The Kakadu Dunnart's distribution is the Top End
Top End
The Top End of northern Australia is the second northernmost point on the continent. It covers a rather vaguely-defined area of perhaps 400,000 square kilometres behind the northern coast from the Northern Territory capital of Darwin across to Arnhem Land with the Indian Ocean on the west, the...
of the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
around the Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.Kakadu National Park is located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It covers an area of , extending nearly 200 kilometres from north to south and over 100 kilometres...
, and it prefers a habitat of stony woodlands on hilly geography.
Little is known about the social organisation or breeding habits of this species, as it is not well studied, but it probably breeds in the dry season
Dry season
The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which oscillates from the northern to the southern tropics over the course of the year...
and may burrow.
Its diet may include arthropod
Arthropod
An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton , a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others...
s and other insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
s.