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title: "Stripe-faced Dunnart"
description: "Sminthopsis macroura — Mammiferi. The striped-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) is a small, Australian, nocturnal, \"marsupial mouse,\" part of the family Dasyuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/stripe-faced-dunnart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stripe-faced Dunnart

> Sminthopsis macroura — Mammiferi. The striped-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) is a small, Australian, nocturnal, "marsupial mouse," part of the family Dasyuridae.

- Scientific name: *Sminthopsis macroura*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 113
- Wikidata: [Q133334](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133334)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40220](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40220)

## Names

- en: Stripe-faced Dunnart
- de: Streifengesicht-Schmalfuß-Beutelmaus
- es: Ratón Marsupial de Cara Rayada
- fr: Souris Marsupiale
- pl: Grubogonik pustynny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (93)

## Summary

The striped-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) is a small, Australian, nocturnal, "marsupial mouse," part of the family Dasyuridae. The species' distribution occurs throughout much of inland central and northern Australia, occupying a range of arid and semi-arid habitats.
While the species has a broad distribution range, it has been declining across much of Australia, including the western region of New South Wales (NSW). This is due to several threatening processes, primarily habitat degradation.
This has led to the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage listing the species as 'vulnerable'. The species is not listed…

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

## Photo

![Stripe-faced Dunnart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stripe-faced-dunnart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301493887

## Machine access

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