Ningaui ridei

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DASYUROMORPHIA	DASYURIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ningaui ridei
Species Authority:	Archer, 1975
Common Name/s: English – Wongai Ningaui French – Ningaui Wongai

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Woinarski, J., van Weenen, J. & Burbidge, A.
Reviewer/s:	Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification: Listed as Least Concern as it is common, there are no major threats to it, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.
History:	1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) 1996 – Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to Australia, where it occurs throughout much of the arid areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, and South Australia (McKenzie and Dickman 2008).
Countries:	Native: Australia
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Population [top]

Population:	The Wongai Ningaui is common in suitable habitat (McKenzie and Dickman 2008). Numbers fluctuate with rainfall.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a nocturnal species found in sandplain areas, arid spinifex (Triodia) grasslands, mallee, and open shrublands (McKenzie and Dickman 2008). Females generally give birth to a single litter in their lifetime of between five and eight young (McKenzie and Dickman 2008).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

The Wongai Ningaui is present in a number of protected areas including Wanjarri and Gibson Desert Nature Reserve (Western Australia), Uluru National Park (Northern Territory), and Simpson Desert National Park (Queensland). This species is also found in several nature reserves in Western Australia (A. Burbidge pers. comm.).

Bibliography [top]

McKenzie, N. L. and Dickman, C. R. 2008. Wongai Ningaui, Ningaui ridei. In: S. Van Dyck and R. Strahan (eds), The mammals of Australia. Third Edition, pp. 117-118. Reed New Holland, Sydney, Australia.