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Sooty dunnart

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Marsupialia

Family
  
Dasyuridae

Scientific name
  
Sminthopsis fuliginosus

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Dasyuromorphia

Genus
  
Sminthopsis

Higher classification
  
Dunnart

Sooty dunnart

Similar
  
Gilbert's dunnart, Chestnut dunnart, White‑tailed dunnart, Grey‑bellied dunnart, Kakadu dunnart

The sooty dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus) is a species of dunnart found in Western Australia. It is one of the least-known of the dunnarts, with the IUCN classifying it as data deficient. It was formerly believed to be a subspecies of the common dunnart (S. murina).

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Sooty dunnart Wikipedia