Large desert marsupial-mouse  (Sminthopsis psammophila)

IUCN Red List species status – Endangered
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Facts – Large desert marsupial-mouse

Also known as: Sandhill dunnart, Sandhill Sminthopsis
Synonyms: Antechinomys psammophila
  
French: Souris Marsupiale Du Désert
Spanish: Ratón Marsupial Desértico
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderDasyuromorphia
FamilyDasyuridae
GenusSminthopsis (1)

Status – Large desert marsupial-mouse

Classified as Endgangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (2).

Description – Large desert marsupial-mouse

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References

  1. IUCN Red List (October, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. CITES (October, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
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Large desert marsupial-mouse portrait

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Peter Canty
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