Species Dasykaluta rosamondae (Ride, 1964)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antechinus rosamondae Ride, W.D.L. 1964. Antechinus rosamondae, a new species of dasyurid marsupial from the Pilbara district of Western Australia; with remarks on the classification of Antechinus. Western Australian Naturalist 9: 58-65 [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM M5514 ♂ spirit specimen, airfield, approximately 3 miles W of Pullcunah Hill, Woodstock Station, via Marble Bar, WA 21º35´S, 119ºE; reported as 21º32´40˜S, 118º56´E by Kitchener & Vicker (1981: 17).

  Type locality references:

  Kitchener, D.J. & Vicker, E. 1981. Catalogue of Modern Mammals in the Western Australian Museum 1895–1981. Perth : West Australian Museum 184 pp.

Generic Combinations

• Parantechinus rosamondae (Ride, 1964).
• Dasykaluta rosamondae (Ride, 1964). —
  Archer, M. 1982. Review of the dasyurid (Marsupialia) fossil record, integration of data bearing on phylogenetic interpretation, and suprageneric classification. pp. 397-443 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Overstory may include shrubs to scattered trees, probably scansorial, mainly nocturnal.

General References

Cooper, D.W. & Woolley, P. 1983. Confirmation of a new species of small dasyurid marsupial by electrophoretic analysis of enzymes and proteins. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 743-751

Lee, A.K., Woolley, P. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1982. Life history strategies of dasyurid marsupials. pp. 1-11 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Morton, S.R. 1982. Dasyurid marsupials of the Australian arid zone: an ecological review. pp. 117-130 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Woolley, P.A. 1991. Reproduction in Dasykaluta rosamondae (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): field and laboratory observations. Australian Journal of Zoology 39:: 549-568

Woolley, P.A. 1995. Little Red Kaluta Dasykaluta rosamondae. pp. 57-58 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Little Red Antechinus)

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