The hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes) is a dunnart that has silver hairs on the soles of it hind feet accompanied by long hair on the side of its sole.

This species inhabits three distinct areas; around Monkey Mia Bay and Kilbarri in Western Australia, a large area where the border of South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia converge and a small area between the Northern Territory and Queensland border 100 km north of the South Australian border.

Its habitat includes arid and semi-arid woodlands, heath, savannah grasslands.

Not much is known about the breeding cycle but the young are in the pouch by October and juveniles emerge by late April.

Its typical diet includes mainly small reptiles and arthropods.