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title: "Fat-tailed Dunnart"
description: "Sminthopsis crassicaudata — Mammals. The fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae, the family that includes the little red kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian devil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fat-tailed-dunnart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Fat-tailed Dunnart

> Sminthopsis crassicaudata — Mammals. The fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae, the family that includes the little red kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian devil.

- Scientific name: *Sminthopsis crassicaudata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 289
- Wikidata: [Q194519](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194519)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40205](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40205)

## Names

- en: Fat-tailed Dunnart
- de: Dickschwänzige Schmalfußbeutelmaus
- es: Ratón Marsupial de Cola Gruesa
- fr: Souris Marsupiale
- nl: Dikstaartsmalvoetbuidelmuis
- pl: Grubogonik australijski

## Countries with the most observations

AU (210)

## Summary

The fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae, the family that includes the little red kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian devil.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat-tailed_dunnart

## Photo

![Fat-tailed Dunnart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fat-tailed-dunnart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48423240

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fat-tailed-dunnart?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).