Subspecies Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984

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• Sminthopsis aitkeni Kitchener, D.J., Stoddart, J. & Henry, J. 1984. A taxonomic revision of the Sminthopsis murina complex (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) in Australia, including descriptions of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11: 201-248 [Oct. 1984] [204].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA M7664 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, Section 146, Hundreds of Cassini, Kangaroo Is., SA.

 

Introduction

Previously recorded from the Eyre Peninsula but now extinct from mainland Australia. Currently listed as endangered at state and federal levels, see Woinarski et al. (2014) for further details.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Kangaroo Island only, extinct on SA mainland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, nocturnal, open scrub, predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Aitken, P.F. 1972. Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1938): A new record from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. South Australian Naturalist 46: 36-37

Baverstock, P.R., Adams, M. & Archer, M. 1984. Electrophoretic resolution of species boundaries in the Sminthopsis murina complex (Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 823-832 [Dec. 1984]

Gates, J.A. 2001. The Distribution and Ecology of the Kangaroo Island Dunnart Sminthopsis aitkeni. Australia, Canberra, Endangered Species Project Number 006499. Endangered Species Program, Environment.

Herbert, A. 1996. Distribution, Habitat Preference and Status of the Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni). Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, Adelaide.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Robinson, A.C. 1995. Kangaroo Island Dunnart Sminthopsis aitkeni. pp. 123-124 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Robinson, A.C. & Armstrong, D.M. (eds) 1999. A Biological Survey of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 1989 & 1990. Adelaide : Heritage and Biodiversity Section, Department of Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs, South Australia.

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A. & Harrison, P.L. 2014. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. Melbourne, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 1038 pp. [151]

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Kangaroo Island Dunnart)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	DASYUROMORPHIA	01-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
17-Nov-2022	SMINTHOPSINAE	31-Jan-2023	MODIFIED
02-Sep-2019		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
15-Oct-2010		15-Oct-2010	MOVED
07-Feb-2024		15-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)