Species Ningaui yvonneae Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1983

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• Ningaui yvonneae Kitchener, D.J., Stoddart, J. & Henry, J. 1983. A taxonomic appraisal of the genus Ningaui Archer (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), including description of a new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 361-379 [366].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 20466 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, Mt Manning area, WA, 29º58´S, 119º32´E.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Open heath, open scrub, predator, tall open shrubland, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually in sandy country with semi-arid mallee and hummock grassland, occurs in dunes, interdunes and sandplain.

General References

Baverstock, P.R., Adams, M., Archer, M., McKenzie, N.L. & How, R. 1983. An electrophoretic and chromosomal study of the dasyurid marsupial genus Ningaui Archer. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 381-392

Bos, D.G. & Carthew, S.M. 2001. Population ecology of Ningaui yvonneae (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia) in the Middleback Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Wildlife Research 28: 507-515

Bos, D.G. & Carthew, S.M. 2003. The influence of behaviour and season on habitat selection by a small mammal. Ecography 26: 810-820

Fleming, M.R. & Cockburn, A. 1979. Ningaui: a new genus of dasyurid for Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 96: 142-145 (habitat description)

Kitchener, D.J. 1995. Southern Ningaui Ningaui yvonneae. pp. 119-120 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Kitchener, D.J., Cooper, N. & Bradley, A. 1986. Reproduction in the male Ningaui (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Wildlife Research 13: 13-25

Woolnough, A.P., Carthew, S.M. 1996. Selection of prey by size in Ningaui yvonneae. Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 319-326

Woolnough, A.P. & Carthew, S.M. 1994. Notes on the feeding behaviour of Ningaui yvonneae in captivity. Australian Mammalogy 17: 121-122

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Southern Ningaui)

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