New distribution and habitat data for the carpentarian false antechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus)

2004·0.34 MB·English

by  Mark G Sanders

740 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM
NEW DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT DATA FOR selectionissimilartomanyofitscongenitorswhichhavealso
THE CARPENTARIAN FALSE ANTECHINUS been foundpredominantlyonsandstone(Fisheretal., 2000;
{PSEVDANTECHINUS MIMULUS). Memoirs of the Woolley, 1995a, 1995b). Uplandrocky ranges that contain
Queensland Museum 49(2): 740. 2004:- Pseudantechinus sandstoneextendfromtheEdwardPellewIslandgroupSEto
mimuluswasfirstdescribedfromaspecimencollectedfrom theSelwynRanges(Fisheretal.,2000).
Alexandria (19"03'S, 136°42'F) in the Northern Territory Pseudantechinus mimulus is recognised as Vulnerable
(Thomas, 1906). It was later synonymised by Mahoney & nationally (Maxwell et al., 1996) but does not have a
Ride(1988)withP.macdonnellensis.However,3additional publishedstatusinQueensland.SystematicsurveysoftheMt
specimenscollectedin 1991 fromtheNorthIslandoftheSir Isa area are required to fully determine the status ofthis
EdwardPellew IslandGroupin theNorthernTerritorywere species.
used to redescribe the species (Kitchener, 1991). Further Acknowledgements
surveysoftheEdw-ardPellewIslandGroupcollectedanimals
fromtheCentralandSoulliWestIslands(Johnson& Kerle, WethankFionaTromanswhoassistedinthefieldsurvey
1991). activitiesaswellasSelwynMineswhofundedthesurvey.
Theanimal wasnotknown from Queensland until 1997 LiteratureCited
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onlythe fourthanimalknownfromQueensland.Tlicanimal Distributionoftherock-dwellingdasyuridsPseudantechinus
wascapturedduringaroutinebaselinesurvey 140kmSEof hihirniand P. ninghingin the Northern Territory. Northern
MtIsa(2P’34'Sand 140"29’F.)intheSclwynRangesand TerritoryNaturalist16; 1-13.
waslodgewiththeQueenslandMuseum(QMJMl5044). JOHNSON,K.A.&.KERLE.J.A.(eds) 1991.Floraandvertebrate
mixThineaanTiympaelwAaEsllciaopttutrraepdoonnathsetawn'deasrtdemsmsaildlemoafmtmhealrobcakiyt TTfeearrurrniiattoooirfyy:.thAel(iCScoiernSspEerdriwvnagasrt)di.onPelCloemwmGirsosuiponofoIfslatnhdes,NNoorrtthheerrnn
slope beneath a rocky outcrop. The capture site was KITCHENER,I)..1. 1991.P.<ieudanlechinusmimulus(Thomas,1906)
dominated by an understorey ofspinifex grasses {Ti'iodia (Marsupialia, Da.syuridae): rediscovery and rediscription.
molesta and T. longiceps) in a region typified by an open RecordsoftheWesternAustralianMuseum 15: 191-202.
woodlandofSnappyGum{Eucalyptusleucophloia). MAHONEY,J.A.&RIDE.W,D.L.1988.Dasyuridac.Pp14-33.In
Thegeologyatthecapturesitewasavariably breceiated Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vo! 5, Mammalia
2camlcm-)silpiacrattiecluensitthatthatreacdoinlsyisctredumbolfecdoaurnsdeer(apprpesrsouxriem.atTehley MAXWE(1AL9u9Ls6t.raacSl.ti,iaonBnUGpoRlvBaenIrDfnoGmreEAn.utsAtP.ruAab.llii&acnatMmiOaorRnsRusIepiiSva,ilcseK:.aCn(adendbmse)ornr1oa9t)9r.6e.mTehse.
capturesitewasadjacenttodisturbedlandassociatedwiththe (WildlifeAustralia:Canberra).
construction ofa new road. Furthermore, a recent fire had THOMAS,O. 1906.OnmammalsfromnorthernAustraliapresented
passedwithincloseproximity,buthadnotburntvegetationin totheNationalMuseumbySirWm.Ingram,Bt.,andtheHon.
theimmediatearea. JohnFoirest.ProceedingsoftheZoologicalSocietyofLondon
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However, the area historically referred to as Alexandria is 1995b. Woolly’s Pseudantechinus: Pseudantechinus wooUeyae.
lcoocnastiidoenrwahbleyrelatrhgeehrotlhoatn>'cpuerwraenstcloylrleecctoegdnicsaendnoatnbdetahcecpurraetceilsye NPpe.w80H-o8l1l.aInnd;StSryadhnne.yR)..(ed).ThemammalsofAustralia.(Reed
detHearbmiitnaetdd(aFtia.sfhrerometianld..iv2i0d0u0a)l.scollectedinEdwardPellew MarkG.Sanders&L.Slater.Suite5b, 1Sw-atmRd, Taringa
Island Group suggest that P. mimulus is predominantly a 4068, Australia (e-mail: [email protected]); 8August
sandstone species. In this respect, the P. mimulus habitat 2003.