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Long-tailed planigale

Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Species : Planigale ingrami

 

The Long-tailed planigale is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the long-tailed planigale

The tiny long-tailed planigale is the most common mammal species on the Mitchell grasslands of the Barkly Photo: Alaric Fisher

The long-tailed planigale is the smallest of all marsupials and it is the rarest of the planigale species. (Full text)

The long-tailed planigale is the smallest marsupial. (Full text)

The shrew-like long-tailed planigale is one of the world’s smallest mammals with an adult weight of less than 6g, and has a remarkably compressed head, ideal for probing among the crack network. (Full text)

1. long -- (a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long")
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