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Sandhill dunnart

Sminthopsis psammophila Spencer, 1895

VUVulnerablemarsupials

The sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) is a species in the family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia. Recorded adults weigh 25.7 g to 33.5 g and live up to 5 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila)
Photo: Alinytjara Wilurara Landscape Board · CC BY 3.0 au · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sandhill dunnart

Weight
25.7 g – 33.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
18 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
5.49src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the sandhill 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 sandhill 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 sandhill dunnart?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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

From the Wikipedia article “Sandhill dunnart” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandhill_dunnart&oldid=1362778760), 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 sandhill dunnart endangered?

The sandhill dunnart is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the sandhill dunnart classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDasyuromorphia
  5. familyDasyuridae
  6. genusSminthopsis
  7. SpeciesSminthopsis psammophila Spencer, 1895

Synonyms Antechinomys psammophila

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Large desert marsupial mouseEnglish
  • Large desert marsupial-mouseEnglish
  • Large desert marsupial-mouseEnglish
  • Large desert SminthopsisEnglish
  • Sandhill SminthopsisEnglish
  • Sandhill SminthopsisEnglish
  • دنارت الكثبان الرمليةArabic
  • vakomyš dunováCzech
  • Dünen-Schmalfuß-BeutelmausGerman
  • Große Wüsten-SchmalfußbeutelmausGerman
  • Ratón Marsupial DesérticoSpanish
  • Ratón Marsupial del DesiertoSpanish
  • Ratón marsupial del desierto Dunnart del desiertoSpanish
  • dyynipussikkoFinnish
  • Souris Marsupiale Du DFrench
  • Souris marsupiale du désertFrench
  • スナスミントプシスJapanese
  • ØrkendunnartNorwegian Bokmål
  • ØrkenpungmusNorwegian Bokmål
  • grubogonik piaskowyPolish
  • Песчаная сумчатая мышьRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the sandhill 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 sandhill dunnart?

An adult sandhill dunnart weighs 25.7 g – 33.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the sandhill dunnart live?

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

Is the sandhill dunnart endangered?

The sandhill dunnart is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the sandhill dunnart live?

The sandhill dunnart has a recorded lifespan of 5 years.

How long is the sandhill dunnart pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 18 days.

What kind of animal is the sandhill dunnart?

The sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) belongs to the family Dasyuridae in the order Dasyuromorphia.

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

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BibTeX
@misc{sandhill_dunnart_2026,
  title = {Sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sandhill-dunnart},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}