Sminthopsis murina
Common Dunnart at Nanima, NSW
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| Sminthopsis murina | Liam.m | 10 Sep 2025 | |
| Isoodon obesulus obesulus | CarbonAI | 10 Sep 2025 | |
| Sminthopsis murina | Liam.m | 10 Sep 2025 | |
| Unverified | 81mv | 9 Sep 2025 |
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5 comments
9 Sep 2025
No, large dark eyes, sharply pointed snout, fairly short tail. Antechinus or dunnart but it was too deep in the bush to get a good look.
10 Sep 2025
@81mv where is its tail please, I cant see it? And are those eyes really different to a House Mouse?
The habitat is wrong for Antechinus and I think the snout is not pointed as much as Antechinus. I think the contest would be between Common Dunnart and House Mouse but the animal in the images seems to lacks the head striping of a dunnart, which I would have thought could be readily visible in a dorsal closeup view such as this. Also its nose seems less pointed than a dunnart but I'm unsure, depending on the angle ...
@Liam.m how confident are you about Common Dunnart?
The habitat is wrong for Antechinus and I think the snout is not pointed as much as Antechinus. I think the contest would be between Common Dunnart and House Mouse but the animal in the images seems to lacks the head striping of a dunnart, which I would have thought could be readily visible in a dorsal closeup view such as this. Also its nose seems less pointed than a dunnart but I'm unsure, depending on the angle ...
@Liam.m how confident are you about Common Dunnart?
10 Sep 2025
@DonFletcher pretty confident. I think house mouse can be ruled out pretty easily based on what @81mv has said, though it would’ve been easier if we could see the tail also. I think the shadows may make the head stripe less visible, but I think it’s worth noting that in my experience (living on a property where we find dunnarts from time to time) I have found that as a general rule the head stripe is not super pronounced in any individual of this species in the area (but this is just my personal experience). I would be willing to call it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.130722-35.001100
- Altitude 680.8m
- Places Nanima, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Sep 2025 09:13 AM Recorded on
- 81mv Recorded by
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- 81mv NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Sminthopsis murina Other Small Marsupials Small Marsupials Mammals
Species information
- Sminthopsis murina Scientific name
- Common Dunnart Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 827m Recorded at altitude
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