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Phascolosorex dorsalis (Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew)

Synonyms: Phascogale dorsalis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The narrow-striped dasyure or narrow-striped marsupial shrew (Phascolosorex dorsalis) is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Phascolosorex dorsalis

Infraspecies

Phascolosorex dorsalis brevicaudata
Phascolosorex dorsalis dorsalis
Phascolosorex dorsalis whartoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.28
EDGE Score: 1.84
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  47 grams
Female Weight [1]  42 grams
Male Weight [1]  53 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  26.2 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  11 months 20 days
Gestation [1]  20 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7 inches (17 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Range montane rain forests Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Huon Peninsula montane rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southeastern Papuan rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Vogelkop montane rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gunung Lorentz National Park 6189990 Papua, Indonesia      

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0