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/ˈdʌnə(ɹ)t/ · noun
Any species of the genus Sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews..
After the winter solstice, while the ambient temperature still remained low, nest sharing declined rapidly, due to increasing intolerance among the fat-tailed dunnarts, as breeding began.
During the original AWC survey, Alexander Baynes identified, in a single hollow salmon gum, 283 jaws of half-a-dozen native mammal species, mostly dunnarts, many of which were recovered from owl pellets.
Reptiles are an important food source for a wide range of animals, including birds and small native marsupials such as the yellow-footed antechinus and the fat-tailed dunnart.
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Dunnart means Any species of the genus Sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews..
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After the winter solstice, while the ambient temperature still remained low, nest sharing declined rapidly, due to increasing intolerance among the fat-tailed dunnarts, as breeding began.
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