A southern range extension for Sminthopsis macroura in Western Australia, at Eucla

Linette S. Umbrello; Nathan Beerkens; Joshua Keen; Sylvie Schmidt; Roy J. Teale; Kenny J. Travouillon; Michael Westerman; Andrew M. Baker

doi:10.1071/ZO23045

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19 April 2024 A southern range extension for Sminthopsis macroura in Western Australia, at Eucla

Linette S. Umbrello, Nathan Beerkens, Joshua Keen, Sylvie Schmidt, Roy J. Teale, Kenny J. Travouillon, Michael Westerman, Andrew M. Baker

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Australian J. of Zoology, 71(6): (2024). https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO23045

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The stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) is one of the most widespread dasyurids in Australia, occurring mostly in semiarid and arid habitats. It is not known to inhabit coastal regions of southern Australia, and no records have previously been recorded from latitudes greater than 28.5°S in Western Australia. Following the capture of an individual south of the known species range provisionally identified based on external morphology as S. macroura, we used DNA and craniodental morphology to corroborate the specimen’s identification, providing a record of the species at Eucla, Western Australia. This represents a large range extension for S. macroura of 630 km from the nearest confirmed records of the species in Western Australia and South Australia.

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Linette S. Umbrello, Nathan Beerkens, Joshua Keen, Sylvie Schmidt, Roy J. Teale, Kenny J. Travouillon, Michael Westerman, and Andrew M. Baker "A southern range extension for Sminthopsis macroura in Western Australia, at Eucla," Australian Journal of Zoology 71(6), (19 April 2024). https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO23045

Received: 6 November 2023; Accepted: 26 March 2024; Published: 19 April 2024

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