Caloprymnus campestris

– Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	MAMMALIA
Order:	DIPROTODONTIA
Family:	POTOROIDAE
Scientific Name:	Caloprymnus campestris
Species Authority:	(Gould, 1843)
Common Name/s:	BUFF-NOSED RAT-KANGAROO (Eng) DESERT RAT KANGAROO (Eng) PLAINS RAT-KANGAROO (Eng) KANGOUROU-RAT DU DÉSERT (Fre) CANGURO-RATA DESÉRTICO (Spa)

Red List Category & Criteria:

EX ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group

Justification:

There have been no reliable records of this species since 1935.

History:

1965	-	"Status inadequately known-survey required or data sought" (Scott 1965)
1982	-	Indeterminate (Thornback and Jenkins 1982)
1986	-	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Indeterminate (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Range Description:	Caloprymnus campestris was endemic to Australia.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population:

There have been no reliable records of the species since 1935.

Habitat and Ecology:	The desert rat-kangaroo was found on gibber plains, clay pans and sandridges.
System:	Terrestrial

Threats:

Hunting, direct habitat alteration by man, and introduced predators have all contributed to the extinction of this species.

Citation:	Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. Caloprymnus campestris. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 July 2008.
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