Sooty Dunnart
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The Sooty Dunnart 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 Common Dunnart (S. murina).
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....
found in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. It is one of the least-known of the dunnarts, with the IUCN classifying it as data deficient
Data Deficient
Data Deficient is a category applied by the IUCN, other agencies, and individuals to a species when the available information is not sufficient for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made...
. It was formerly believed to be a subspecies of the Common Dunnart (S. murina).