Sminthopsis crassicaudata
3 Fat-tailed Dunnart at Windorah, QLD
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| Sminthopsis crassicaudata | MartinPredavec | 4 Sep 2025 | |
| Sminthopsis crassicaudata | HelenCross | 3 Sep 2025 | |
| Perameles nasuta | CarbonAI | 3 Sep 2025 | |
| Planigale (genus) | HelenCross | 3 Sep 2025 |
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User's notes
Thanks to Marilyn for the photos from the Western Star Hotel where it was found eating insects in the lights of the bain marie, possibly unwell. It was cared for and fed for a few nights before being released in the cracking soils of the surrounding area
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4 Sep 2025
Identified by Millie Scicluna and Nikolas Haass on the Australian Mammal Identification Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BR5DMdCtj/
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BR5DMdCtj/
Location information
- Coordinates 142.655146-25.421869
- Places Windorah, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 27 Aug 2025 08:57 AM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Species information
- Sminthopsis crassicaudata Scientific name
- Fat-tailed Dunnart Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
Record quality
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4 / 7
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