[3] Its flattened head is used as a wedge to prize apart grass stems and turn over leaves in the leaf litter.

The narrow-nosed Planigale are generalist insectivores, able to thrive and with a diet that reflects the available prey of their environment.

Research has recorded past short-term activity cycles as 1 hr 25 min in summer and 2 hr 56 min in winter (Read, 1989)[8] Narrow-nosed Planigale surface from the cracks to hunt during the night or stay within these cracks clinging to the vertical sides.

[4] Breeding season runs from July to Mid-January and coincides with food availability during Spring & Summer (Read, 1984).

[2] As a result of its habitat (below ground) and hunting habits (within soil cracks), it is protected from most larger predatory species (Moss, 1988).