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Subspecies Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984

Kangaroo Island Dunnart

 

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 (map not available)

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]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)