Phascolosorex dorsalis
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | DASYUROMORPHIA | DASYURIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Phascolosorex dorsalis | ||||||
| Species Authority: | (Peters & Doria, 1876) | ||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Phascolosorex brevicaudata Rothschild & Dollman, 1932
Phascolosorex whartoni Tate & Archbold, 1936
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Phascolosorex dorsalis represents a species complex that will likely be split into P. dorsalis, endemic to the Arfak Mountains, and P. brevicaudata from the remaining range (with P. b. whartoni as a distinctive subspecies) (K. Helgen pers. comm.). | ||||||
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Woolley, P., Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Lunde, D. & Bonaccorso, F. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) | |||
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Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in protected areas, tolerance to some degree of habitat modification, 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. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species is distributed across the Central Cordillera of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) from the Arfaks in the west to the Huon in the east. It has been recorded from 1,625 m in the Arfaks and in the Central dividing range from 1,500 to 3,600 m asl. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
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| Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
Population [top]
| Population: | It is common. |
| Population Trend: |
Stable
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | It occurs in mature and disturbed tropical moist forest. This species is terrestrial and diurnal (Woolley et al. 1991). Wild-caught females generally have a full complement of young (4) in the pouch (Woolley 2003). |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | This species suffers predation by feral dogs, but this is not thought to be a major threat. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | It has been recorded within some protected areas. Further taxonomic research is needed. |
Bibliography [top]
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Woolley, P. A. 2003. Reproductive biology of some dasyurid marsupials of New Guinea. In: M. E. Jones, C. R. Dickman and M. Archer (eds), Predators with Pouches: the Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. Woolley, P. A., Raftopoulos, S. A., Coleman, G. J. and Armstrong, S. M. 1991. A comparative study of the circadian activity patterns of two New Guinean dasyurid marsupials, Phascolosorex dorsalis and Antechinus habbema. Australian Journal of Zoology 39: 661-671. |
| Citation: | Woolley, P., Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Lunde, D. & Bonaccorso, F. 2008. Phascolosorex dorsalis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012. |
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