''Smintopsini'' is a

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marsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a po ...

in the

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Dasyuridae.

Classification

* Tribe Sminthopsini ** Genus '' Antechinomys'' *** Kultarr, ''Antechinomys laniger'' ** Genus ''

Ningaui ''Ningaui'' is a genus of small species of the marsupial dasyurid family. Along with the planigales, they are among the smallest marsupials. Taxonomy The genus was established in 1975 to accommodate two newly described species of dasyurids, th ...

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Wongai ningaui The Wongai ningaui (''Ningaui ridei'') is a tiny carnivorous marsupial native to the arid open grasslands of inland Australia. Their diet is mainly small insects, and occasionally larger prey such as spiders, grasshopperss and cockroaches, whic ...

, ''Ningaui ridei'' ***

Pilbara ningaui The Pilbara ningaui (''Ningaui timealeyi''), sometimes known as Ealey's ningaui, is a tiny species of marsupial carnivore found in Australia. Taxonomy The species was described by Mike Archer in 1975, distinguishing the new taxon from other ...

, ''Ningaui timealeyi'' ***

Southern ningaui The southern ningaui (''Ningaui yvonneae'') is a tiny marsupial carnivore belonging to the Dasyuridae family. Similar in appearance to ''Ningaui ridei'', found throughout central Australia, this species occurs in spinifex on semi-arid sandplain ...

, ''Ningaui yvonnae'' ** Genus ''

Sminthopsis Dunnart is a common name for species of the genus ''Sminthopsis'', narrow-footed marsupials the size of a European mouse. They have a largely insectivorous diet. Taxonomy The genus name ''Sminthopsis'' was published by Oldfield Thomas in 18 ...

'' *** ''S. crassicaudata'' species-group ****

Fat-tailed dunnart The fat-tailed dunnart (''Sminthopsis crassicaudata'') is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae, the family that includes the little red kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian devil. It has an average body length of with a tail of . Ear ...

, ''Sminthopsis crassicaudata'' *** ''S. macroura'' species-group ****

Kakadu dunnart The Kakadu dunnart (''Sminthopsis bindi'') is a dunnart first described in 1994 and whose closest relative is the Carpentarian dunnart. It typically has a body length of 50-85mm with a tail 60-105mm long, for a total length between 110-190mm. It ...

, ''Sminthopsis bindi'' ****

Carpentarian dunnart 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 of white, similar to its close relative the Kakadu dunnart. Head to anus length is 7 ...

, ''Sminthopsis butleri'' ****

Julia Creek dunnart 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 with a tail of 60–105 mm to make a total length of 160–240 mm. ...

, ''Sminthopsis douglasi'' ****

Stripe-faced dunnart The striped-faced dunnart (''Sminthopsis macroura'') is a small, Australian, nocturnal, "marsupial mouse," part of the family Dasyuridae. The species' distribution occurs throughout much of inland central and northern Australia, occupying a ran ...

, ''Sminthopsis macroura'' ****

Red-cheeked dunnart 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 ; its average body length is with a tail of . Ear length is . Its weight vari ...

, ''Sminthopsis virginiae'' *** ''S. granulipes'' species-group ****

White-tailed dunnart The white-tailed dunnart (''Sminthopsis granulipes''), also known as the ash-grey dunnart, is a dunnart native to Australia. Taxonomy A species first named by Gerard Krefft in 1872, using a specimen obtained at Albany by the local collector G ...

, ''Sminthopsis granulipes'' *** ''S. griseoventer'' species-group **** Kangaroo Island dunnart, ''Sminthopsis aitkeni'' ****

Boullanger Island dunnart The Boullanger Island dunnart (''Sminthopsis boullangerensis'') is a species of dunnart found only on Boullanger Island, Western Australia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-bellied dunnart (''S. griseoventer''), for which rea ...

, ''Sminthopsis boullangerensis'' ****

Grey-bellied dunnart The grey-bellied dunnart (''Sminthopsis griseoventer''), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by the same people Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Gilbert's dunnart and little long-tailed du ...

, ''Sminthopsis griseoventer'' *** ''S. longicaudata'' species-group ****

Long-tailed dunnart The long-tailed dunnart (''Sminthopsis longicaudata'') is an Australian dunnart that, like the little long-tailed dunnart, has a tail longer than its body. It is also one of the larger dunnarts at a length from snout to tail of 260–306 mm ...

, ''Sminthopsis longicaudata'' *** ''S. murina'' species-group ****

Chestnut dunnart 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 of its body. The length from snout to tail is 167–210 mm, of which head to anu ...

, ''Sminthopsis archeri'' ****

Little long-tailed dunnart 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 tail is of which head and body are and tail long. Hind foot size is , the ear length is ...

, ''Sminthopsis dolichura'' ****

Sooty dunnart 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 IUCN classifying it as data deficient. It was formerly believed to be a subspecies of the ...

, ''Sminthopsis fulginosus'' **** Gilbert's dunnart, ''Sminthopsis gilberti'' ****

White-footed dunnart The white-footed dunnart (''Sminthopsis leucopus'') is a marsupial that occurs on Tasmania and mainland Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner Gippsland and Alpine areas up to 400 metres near Narbethong. In southern New South Wal ...

, ''Sminthopsis leucopus'' **** Slender-tailed dunnart, ''Sminthopsis murina'' *** ''S. psammophila'' species-group ****

Hairy-footed dunnart The hairy-footed dunnart (''Sminthopsis hirtipes'') is a dunnart that has silver hairs on the soles of it hind feet accompanied by long hair on the side of its sole. It is an Australian marsupial similar to the Ooldea dunnart, with its upper bod ...

, ''Sminthopsis hirtipes'' ****

Ooldea dunnart The Ooldea dunnart (''Sminthopsis ooldea''), also called Troughton's dunnart after the person who found the species, is an Australian marsupial similar to the hairy-footed dunnart. It is greyish-yellow on its upper body and white on the underside ...

, ''Sminthopsis ooldea'' **** Sandhill dunnart, ''Sminthopsis psammophila'' ****

Lesser hairy-footed dunnart The lesser hairy-footed dunnart (''Sminthopsis youngsoni'') is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly common species, being found in many desert areas of Western Australia, Northern Terri ...

, ''Sminthopsis youngsoni''

References

* Dasyuromorphs {{marsupial-stub