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dunnart
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dunnart [ˈdʌnɑːt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a mouselike insectivorous marsupial of the genus Sminthopsis of Australia and New Guinea
[from a native Australian language]


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After packing as much food as he could into his truck, Kortner spent two 4-week periods observing the dunnarts during the Australian winter, with its 36 A[bar]C days and near-freezing nights.
Although advertised to be effective on introduced rats and mice, after three months it did nothing for the dunnarts.
In their recent laboratory studies, the Australian researchers demonstrated that the rabbit virus fails to infect any of the 28 domestic and wild animal species they tested, including such natives as bush rats and fat-tailed dunnarts.
 
 
 
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