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dunnart The preferred vernacular name for members of the dasyurid (Dasyuridae) genus Sminthopsis, formerly known as ‘marsupial mice’. These are voracious, mouse-sized carnivores found mainly in arid and grassland areas of Australia and southern New Guinea.
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