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The Kangaroo Island dunnart(Sminthopsis aitkeni) is a dark sooty-grey coloured dunnart species first described in 1969, with paler underparts of its body. It has an average body length of 170–198 mm, a snout to anus length of 80–93 mm, a tail measurement of 90–105 mm, a hind foot of 17.5 mm, ear length of 18 mm and a weight which varies between 20–25 grams. The thin tail that is also gray, but bi-colored with lighter coloring on the bottom. The length...

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