Potorous platyops

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DIPROTODONTIA	POTOROIDAE

Scientific Name:

Potorous platyops

Species Authority:

(Gould, 1844)

Common Name/s:

English

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Broad-faced Potoroo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Australasian Mammal Assessment Workshop

Evaluator/s:

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

Justification:
Listed as Extinct because it has not been recorded in more than 100 years despite extensive surveys.

History:

1996	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct (IUCN)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct
1986	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was endemic to Australia, where it once ranged from coastal South Australia westwards to Albany, Western Australia and northwards through the wheatbelt of Western Australia, at least as far north as the Geraldton region (Kitchener and Friend 2008).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population [top]

Population:	It is presumed to be extinct. The last known record was in the 1875 when five specimens were sold to the National Museum in Victoria (Kitchener and Friend 2008). Appropriate, targeted surveys have not recorded this species since.

Population:

It is presumed to be extinct. The last known record was in the 1875 when five specimens were sold to the National Museum in Victoria (Kitchener and Friend 2008). Appropriate, targeted surveys have not recorded this species since.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species is very poorly known. It is not believed to have occurred in forested areas (Kitchener and Friend 2008).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Presumably this species declined through feral cats and possibly disease.

Major Threat(s):

Presumably this species declined through feral cats and possibly disease.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures pertaining to this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures pertaining to this species.

Citation:	Australasian Mammal Assessment Workshop 2008. Potorous platyops. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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