Planigale gilesi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DASYUROMORPHIA	DASYURIDAE

Scientific Name:	Planigale gilesi
Species Authority:	Aitken, 1972
Common Name/s: English – Giles' Planigale, Paucident Planigale French – Planigale De Giles

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Ellis, M., van Weenen, J. & Pennay, M.
Reviewer/s:	Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, 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.
History:	1996 – Lower Risk/least concern 1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Giles' Planigale is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in the arid and semiarid portions of south-western Queensland and western New South Wales to eastern South Australia, and includes small portions of Victoria and the Northern Territory.
Countries:	Native: Australia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is sparsely distributed within abundant suitable habitat (Read 2008). This species is irruptive after rain.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Giles' Planigale is found in areas with deep cracking clay soils on the floodplains of creeks and rivers, on grassy plains and in interdune areas among sandhills (Read 2008). Females give birth to one or two litters of six to eight young after a gestation period of 16 days (Read 2008).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species. Giles' Planigale is affected by cultivation in parts of its range. It is probably not impacted much by sheep and cows. Cats adversely affect the species in parts of its range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

It is presumably found in many protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

Read, D. G. 2008. Giles' Planigale, Planigale gilesi. In: S. Van Dyck and R. Strahan (eds), The mammals of Australia. Third Edition, pp. 107-109. Reed New Holland, Sydney, Australia.