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Species Stephanocircus dasyuri Skuse, 1893

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 [POTOROIDAE] Brush-tailed Bettong; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot; Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) [PERAMELIDAE] Northern Brown Bandicoot; Perameles gunnii Gray, 1838 [PERAMELIDAE] Eastern Barred Bandicoot; Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potoroo; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus; Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Spotted-tailed Quoll; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll; Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll; Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1838) [DASYURIDAE] Common Dunnart; Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) [PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE] Common Ringtail Possum; Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water-rat; Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 [MURIDAE] Broad-toothed Rat; Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Canefield Rat; Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) [MURIDAE] Giant White-tailed Rat; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat; Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Catholic species, but shows a preference for small marsupials.

 

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)
12-Feb-2010 (import)