A ferocious stripe-faced dunnart

A selection of cute mammals from recent reptile surveys in the Victorian mallee #wildoz

Common Dunnart
Western Pygmy Possum
Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse
Silky Mouse

Putting the F A T in Fat-tailed Dunnart 🙌😍

#dunnart #dunnart y #marsupial #conservation #conservation ist #dasyuridae #womeninstem #womeninscience #science #threatenedspecies

It’s Neenish Tart Appreciation Day apparently! So I am showing my appreciation with this little fat tailed dunnart eating this neenish tart immortalised in watercolour (may not have actually happened other than in my imagination).
Available now as a print…

A vast 1GW wind and solar plant is proposed to provide energy to a planned Vanadium mine in Julia Creek, NW Qld. Directly on top of the critically Endangered Julia Creek Dunnart's small range of habitat. Image: Chris Stacey Australian Conservation Foundation company-announcements.afr.com/asx/qem/859b07…

Stripe-faced dunnart! (Sminthopsis macroura)
Not my usual #dunnart suspect... though very much welcome in my traps nonetheless 🤩🙏

#ecology #fieldwork #dunnart y #marsupial #conservation #desert wildlife #desert #WomenInScience Arid Recovery

The SA gov is planning to bulldoze over 30km of fire access tracks on the Wilderness Area on Kangaroo Island. It’s one of the last refuges of the endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart—nearly 90% of its habitat has already been destroyed. Email the SA Deputy Premier today asking her…

Who dunnit to the #dunnart #wildlife #wildoz #australia #mammal #ams2023

And it begins! Interrogating of NCC development in dasyurid marsupials 🤩 Mid-gestation dunnart embryo visualized with DAPI and SOX10 probe, thanks to Molecular Instruments.

Todays Critically Endangered Species of the Day is the Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni)
Native to Kangaroo Island, the Black Summer Fires destroyed 95% of their habitat, reducing their population from 500 to 50.
Their major threats are bushfires and invasive species.

A gorgeous little fat-tailed dunnart from the Moon Plain near Coober Pedy. Despite looking about as barren as possible, there is still an amazingly diverse assemblage of animals out there!

⁦Amy Edwards⁩ sent through this great pic of a #dunnart from one of our #mallee sites today.
I’m jealous.

BTW this is what a fatal dumbart, I mean fat-tailed dunnart looks like :-) (photo: Alan, Wikipedia)

Ever heard of a Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)? Google it! You won't be disappointed 😍 They're a slightly larger cousin of the fat-tailed dunnart, but equally ferocious! 😬💀

#WildOz #ausmammals #kowari #skulls #skullmorphology #carnivore #marsupial #carnivorous

New #OpenAccess research note documenting a range extension for the stripe-faced dunnart in WA. CSIRO Publishing publish.csiro.au/ZO/ZO23045
Photo by Josh Keen

Scientists are trying to revive the extinct Tasmanian tiger by using cells from one of its closest living relatives, the fat-tailed dunnart, and then engineering the species back into existence – a project that recalls “Jurassic Park.” cbsn.ws/3vROW0Q

#WorldWildlifeDay2023
Celebrating all the world's wild animals & plants & the contribution they make to our lives & the health of the planet.
Here's a few found in the Burdekin region, including a dunnart and and a Barra frog (aka Desert tree frog).

Fat-tailed Dunnart is ready to greet you at our pop up shop at 54 Errol Street, North Melbourne.

For the International Day of Biodiversity, let's look back at some of the wildlife we captured in our pitfall traps on our sandhill dunnart survey last year.

#wildoz #marsupials #reptiles #dasyurids #dunnarts #BuildBackBiodiversity