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Long-tailed dunnart

Sminthopsis longicaudata Spencer, 1909

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) is a species in the family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia. Recorded adults weigh 18 g to 78.2 g and live up to 2.29 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata)
Photo: David Staples · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-tailed dunnart

Weight
18 g – 78.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.29 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
5 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
15 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
3.62src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the long-tailed dunnart live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The long-tailed dunnart is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the long-tailed dunnart?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-tailed dunnart (Antechinomys longicaudatus) 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 (10.2–12.0 in) of which head to anus is 80–96 mm (3.1–3.8 in) and tail 180–210 mm (7.1–8.3 in) long. Hind foot size is 18 mm (0.71 in), ear length of 21 mm (0.83 in) and with a weight of 15–20 g (0.53–0.71 oz).

From the Wikipedia article “Long-tailed dunnart” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-tailed_dunnart&oldid=1377494722), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-tailed dunnart endangered?

The long-tailed dunnart is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the long-tailed dunnart classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDasyuromorphia
  5. familyDasyuridae
  6. genusSminthopsis
  7. SpeciesSminthopsis longicaudata Spencer, 1909

Synonyms Antechinomys longicaudatus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Greater long-tailed dunnartEnglish
  • Long tailed marsupial-mouseEnglish
  • Langschwanz-Schmalfuß-BeutelmausGerman

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-tailed dunnart

Other species in the same genus Sminthopsis.

DD, Data Deficient

Chestnut dunnart

Sminthopsis archeri

DasyuridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-tailed dunnart?

An adult long-tailed dunnart weighs 18 g – 78.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long-tailed dunnart live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-tailed dunnart for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the long-tailed dunnart endangered?

The long-tailed dunnart is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the long-tailed dunnart live?

The long-tailed dunnart has a recorded lifespan of 2.29 years.

How long is the long-tailed dunnart pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 15 days.

What kind of animal is the long-tailed dunnart?

The long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) belongs to the family Dasyuridae in the order Dasyuromorphia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-dunnart

MLA

“Long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-dunnart.

BibTeX
@misc{long_tailed_dunnart_2026,
  title = {Long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-dunnart},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}