Subspecies Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984
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Subspecies Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984
Kangaroo Island Dunnart
- 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
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]
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.
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) |
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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) |