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Lesser hairy-footed dunnart
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Genus:	Sminthopsis
Species:	S. youngsoni
Binomial name
Sminthopsis youngsoni McKenzie & Archer, 1982
Lesser hairy-footed dunnart range

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 Territory and Queensland. Its foraging strategies have been studied by Haythornthwaite and Dickman.

The lesser hairy-footed dunnart is distinguished from the very similar hairy-footed dunnart by its smaller size and less hairy soles.

Population dynamics

During dry periods, hairy-footed dunnart populations remain stable, instead of experiencing a boom-bust cycle like sandy inland mice.

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. McKenzie, N.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Sminthopsis youngsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40550A21948853. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40550A21948853.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 72.
4. Haythornthwaite, Adele S.; Dickman, Christopher R. (April 2000). "Foraging strategies of an insectivorous marsupial, Sminthopsis youngsoni (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in Australian sandridge desert". Austral Ecology. 25 (2). Wiley: 193–198. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00019.x.
5. Stringer, Emily J.; Gruber, Bernd; Sarre, Stephen D.; Wardle, Glenda M.; Edwards, Scott V.; Dickman, Christopher R.; Greenville, Aaron C.; Duncan, Richard P. (30 April 2024). "Boom-bust population dynamics drive rapid genetic change". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121 (18). doi:10.1073/pnas.2320590121. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 11067018.

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