Boullanger Island dunnart
| Boullanger Island dunnart[1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Sminthopsis |
| Species: | S. boullangerensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sminthopsis boullangerensis Crowther, Dickman & Lynam, 1999 | |
The Boullanger Island dunnart (Sminthopsis boullangerensis) is a small marsupial that lives only on Boullanger Island in Western Australia.[2] It used to be thought of as a type of grey-bellied dunnart (S. griseoventer), but new studies have shown it to a separate sub-species.[3] It was not separately evaluated by the IUCN in 2008, but it was listed as critically endangered in 1996. The Australian government now classifies the Boullanger Island dunnart as vulnerable, meaning it is at risk but not yet endangered.
See also
References
- ↑ Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Boullanger Island Dunnart, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, https://www.fws.gov/species/boullanger-island-dunnart-sminthopsis-boullangerensis
- ↑ Moro, Dorian, Department of Conservation and Land Management, 'Sminthopsis griseoventer boullangerensis: A re-appraisal of the taxonomy and conservation significance ofa population of Grey-bellied Dunnart on Boullanger Island, Western Australia', March 1998, https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/static/FullTextFiles/018991.pdf, accessed 2026-06-12}}