Dunnart

//ˈdʌnə(ɹ)t// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any species of the genus Sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews.

    "After the winter solstice, while the ambient temperature still remained low, nest sharing declined rapidly, due to increasing intolerance among the fat-tailed dunnarts, as breeding began."

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"After the winter solstice, while the ambient temperature still remained low, nest sharing declined rapidly, due to increasing intolerance among the fat-tailed dunnarts, as breeding began."

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Nyunga danard (“Sminthopsis griseoventer”).

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Butler's dunnartGilbert's dunnartJulia Creek dunnartKakadu dunnartOoldea dunnartchestnut dunnartcommon dunnartfat-tailed dunnartgreater hairy-footed dunnartgrey-bellied dunnartlarge long-tailed dunnartlesser hairy-footed dunnart

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