Myoictis melas

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DASYUROMORPHIA	DASYURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Myoictis melas

Species Authority:

(Müller, 1840)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Müller’s Three-striped Dasyure, Three-striped Dasyure
French	–	Rat Marsupial Noir

Taxonomic Notes:

Myoictis melas may represent a species complex.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Dickman, C., Lunde, D., Aplin, K., Flannery, T. & Woolley, P.

Evaluator/s:

Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, lack of major threats, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category. Taxonomic work is needed to determine whether or not M. melas includes more than a single species.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from scattered localities across the northern and western parts of the island of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) as well as from the islands of Salawati, Waigeo, and Yapen (Indonesia). It has been recorded from near sea level to 1,800 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information concerning this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs in primary and secondary lowland and lower montane tropical forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to this species, although it may be preyed upon by dogs and cats.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to this species, although it may be preyed upon by dogs and cats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in several protected areas. Further studies are needed into the distribution and abundance of this species. Taxonomic work with fresh material is required to resolve the limits of the species. Westerman et al. (2006), working with limited samples, found that some populations of this species were highly divergent, nearly to a degree to be considered different species.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in several protected areas. Further studies are needed into the distribution and abundance of this species. Taxonomic work with fresh material is required to resolve the limits of the species. Westerman et al. (2006), working with limited samples, found that some populations of this species were highly divergent, nearly to a degree to be considered different species.

Citation:	Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Dickman, C., Lunde, D., Aplin, K., Flannery, T. & Woolley, P. 2008. Myoictis melas. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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