Species Sminthopsis gilberti Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984

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• Sminthopsis gilberti 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 WAM M18718 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, 10 km and 260º from Mt Saddleback, WA 32º58´15'S, 116º20´20'E 240 m.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Insectivorous, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open heath, open scrub, predator, tall open shrubland, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Appears to favour heathlands in generally heavy soils, when in woodlands and mallee usually with heath understrata.

General References

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]

Burbidge, A.H., Rolfe, J.K., McKenzie, N.L. & Roberts, J.D. 2004. Biogeographic patterns in small ground-dwelling vertebrates of the Western Australian wheatbelt. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 67: 109-138

How, R.A., Dell, J. & Muir, B.G. 1988. Vertebrate fauna [in] The biological survey of the eastern goldfields of Western Australia: Part 4. Lake Johnston-Hyden study area. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 30: 44-83

Morris, K.D. & McKenzie, N.L. 1995. Gilbert's Dunnart Sminthopsis gilberti. pp. 136-137 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. (Gilbert's Dunnart)

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