Phascolosorex doriae

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:

Phascolosorex doriae

Species Authority:

(Thomas, 1886)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Red-bellied Phascogale, Red-bellied Dasyure, Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew
French	–	Souris Marsupiale À Ventre Rouge

Synonym/s:

Phascolosorex nouhuysii Jentink, 1911

Phascolosorex pan Stein, 1932

Phascolosorex umbrosa Dollman, 1930

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Woolley, P., Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Dickman, C. & Lunde, D.

Evaluator/s:

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

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution (much of which coincides with areas of low human population density), and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

History:

1996

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in the mountains of Papua Province where it is known from the Vogelkop Peninsula, Weyland Range and north-western slopes of the Central Cordillera, within the altitudinal range of 900 to 2,000 m asl. (Helgen 2007).
Countries:	Native: Indonesia
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	The population status of this species is unknown. It was locally abundant in two localities in the 1930s. An attempt to collect this species in the Arfak Mountains in 1992 was unsuccessful, but skeletal remains were found in a raptor pellet (specimen in Australian National Wildlife Collection) (P. Woolley pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species occurs in mature montane tropical moist forest. Nothing is known of the biology of this species. It may be active during daylight hours.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It may be affected by forest disturbance (shifting agriculture and timber extraction), predation by feral dogs, and by local hunting for food.

Major Threat(s):

It may be affected by forest disturbance (shifting agriculture and timber extraction), predation by feral dogs, and by local hunting for food.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species has been found in the past within areas now protected.

Conservation Actions:

This species has been found in the past within areas now protected.

Citation:	Woolley, P., Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Dickman, C. & Lunde, D. 2008. Phascolosorex doriae. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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