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Species profile—Dasyuroides byrnei (kowari)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Dasyuridae (dasyurids) → Dasyuroides byrnei (kowari)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Dasyuridae (dasyurids)
Scientific name
Dasyuroides byrnei (Spencer, 1896)
Common name
kowari
Type reference
Spencer, B. (1896). Mammalia. pp. 1-52 in Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Austrtalia. Pt 2. Zoology. Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade.
WildNet taxon ID
827
Alternate name(s)
brush-tailed marsupial rat
bushy-tailed marsupial rat
dasyroides
brushy-tailed marsupial rat
Byrne's crest-tailed marsupial rat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Endangered
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Endangered
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=827.

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
9 December 2024