Skip to main content

Table 1 Threatened status, previously recognised population uniqueness, and microsatellite information for each species in this study

From: Conservation of genetic uniqueness of populations may increase extinction likelihood of endangered species: the case of Australian mammals

    

Population uniqueness

Microsatellite datasets

 

Species

EPBC Act Statusa

IUCN Statusb

Population trenda

Sub species

ESUs

MUs

No. Populationsc

No. Individuals

No. Loci

Reference

Burramys parvus

endangered

critically endangered

declining

-

3

Yes

12

762

8

[22]

Perameles gunnii

vulnerable

nr. threatened

declining

2

NA

NA

9

286

12

[23]; Weeks unpubl. data

Dasyurus viverrinus

not listed

nr. threatened

declining

-

-

Yes

10

425

7

[20]

Dasyurus hallucatus

endangered

endangered

declining

4

2

Yes

7

172

6

[20]

Dasyurus maculatus

endangered

endangered

declining

2

2

Yes

12

450

6

[20]

  1. NA no study has been undertaken to determine ESU or MU status
  2. aTaken from the Australian Federal Government website for threatened species (see http://www.environment.gov.au/)
  3. bTaken from the IUCN red list (http://www.iucnredlist.org)
  4. cFor D. hallucatus, only the most contemporary (2006) samples were used in analyses from sites where multiple samples were taken through time
Back to article page

Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994