Order Dasyuromorphia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 29 37 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353066 1-56098-217-9 7353066 Sminthopsis psammophila Spencer, 1895 . Proc. R. Soc. Victoria , 7 (n.s.):223 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , Northern Territory , Lake Amadeus . DISTRIBUTION: Australia : SW Northern Territory (vicinity of Ayer's Rock) and Eyre Peninsula ( South Australia ). STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Insufficiently known. COMMENTS: Known only from five specimens ; see Archer (1981:215) .