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Boullanger Island Dunnart
The Boullanger Island dunnart (''Sminthopsis boullangerensis'') is a species of dunnart found only on Boullanger Island, Western Australia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-bellied dunnart (''S. griseoventer''), for which reason it was not assessed by the IUCN in 2008 (although it was classed as critically endangered in the 1996 list). The EPBC Act The ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and cultu ... classifies the Boullanger Island dunnart as vulnerable. See also * Boullanger Island References Dasyuromorphs Mammals of Western Australia Marsupials of Australia Mammals described in 1999 {{WesternAustralia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowther (biologist)
Crowther is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth. Notable people with the surname include: * Arnold Crowther, stage-magician, puppeteer, and promoter of Wicca religion * Arthur Crawford (1835-1911) British administrator in India, municipal commissioner and collector * Antony Crowther, British computer programmer * Bosley Crowther (1905–1981), American film critic * Charles Crowther (1831–1894), Australian politician (Western Australia) * Edward Lodewyk Crowther (1843–1931), Australian politician (Tasmania), son of William Lodewyk Crowther * Emlyn Crowther (born 1949), New Zealand drummer * Eunice Crowther (1916–1986), British singer, dancer, and choreographer * Frank Crowther (1870–1955), Member of US House of Representatives * Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther (1907–1972), editor of ''The Economist'' * Hal Crowther (born 1945), American journalist and essayist * Hilton Crowther (1879–1957), English mill owner and football club chairman * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickman (biologist)
Dickman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Emerson Dickman (1914–1981), relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox * Franklin J. Dickman (1828–1908), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1886–1895 * James B. Dickman born in 1949, an American photographer, won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography *Jill Dickman, Republican member of the Nevada Assembly *John Dickman (1864–1910), Englishman hanged for murder * Jonjo Dickman (born 1981), English football midfielder *Joseph T. Dickman (1857–1927), United States Army general *Matthew Dickman (born 1975), American poet *Michael Dickman (born 1975), American poet See also * A. P. Dickman House, historic home in Ruskin, Florida, United States * Caparo Industries plc v Dickman, leading English tort law case on the test for a duty of care *Dickman function ρ is a special function used to estimate the proportion of sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynam (biologist)
Lynam or Lynham is a surname of Irish origin. It is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name Ó Laigheanáin, which means "someone from Laigin" or Leinster, which was named after a tribe that inhabited the area. Related names include Leaneagh, Laighneach, and Lynagh. Lynam may refer to: People *Anthony Lynham (born 1960), Australian politician *Charles Lynam (1829–1921), English architect * Charles Cotterill Lynam (1858–1938), English headmaster and yachtsman *Des Lynam (born 1942), British television and radio presenter * Donald Lynam (born 1967), American psychologist * Ian Lynam (born 1970), Irish hurler and coach *James Lynam Molloy (1837–1909), Irish composer *Jonathan Lynam, Westmeath Gaelic footballer *Jim Lynam (born 1941), American basketball coach and analyst *Joe Lynam (born 1970), Irish journalist *Joss Lynam (1924–2011), Irish mountaineer *Robert Lynam (writer) (1796–1845), British writer *Severus William Lynam Stretton (1783–1884), British soldier Plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunnart
Dunnart is a common name for species of the genus ''Sminthopsis'', narrow-footed marsupials the size of a European mouse. They have a largely insectivorous diet. Taxonomy The genus name ''Sminthopsis'' was published by Oldfield Thomas in 1887, the author noting that the name '' Podabrus'' that had previously been used to describe the species was preoccupied as a genus of beetles. The type species is '' Phascogale crassicaudata'', published by John Gould in 1844. There are 23 species, all of which occur in Australia and New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torres ...: * Genus ''Sminthopsis'' ** ''S. crassicaudata'' species-group *** Fat-tailed dunnart, ''Sminthopsis crassicaudata'' ** ''S. macroura'' species-group *** Kakadu dunnart, ''Sminthopsis bindi'' *** C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boullanger Island
Boullanger Island () lies off the coast of Western Australia and covers an area of about . The nearest settlement is the mainland town of Jurien Bay. The island is part of the Jurien Bay Marine Park which was declared in August 2003 – the park is located north of Perth, along the Indian Ocean Drive, and extends south from Green Head to the Southern boundary of Nambung National Park, encompassing many of the islands located in this region. The Park protects an important section of Western Australia's central west coast, including Boullanger, Whitlock and Escape islands. Both Boullanger Island and Jurien Bay were named on 1 July 1801 by the French expedition led by Captain Nicolas Baudin aboard the Géographe. Boullanger Island honours the cartographer of the expedition, Charles-Pierre Boullanger. Jurien Bay honours Charles Marie Vicomte Jurien (1763–1836), a French naval administrator. Fauna & flora The island is inhabited by an endemic species of marsupial mouse, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-bellied Dunnart
The grey-bellied dunnart (''Sminthopsis griseoventer''), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by the same people Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Gilbert's dunnart and little long-tailed dunnart in 1984. They also described the Mallee ningaui in 1983. The average body length of a specimen can vary between 130–192 mm with a tail of 65–98 mm and body to anus of 65–95 mm. The olive grey ears have a length of between 17–18 mm. The hind feet have an average length of between 16–17 mm. Its weight varies between 15-25 grams. Distribution and habitat Found in Western Australia on the coastal south west fringes and associated ranges. From north to south then to east, Gairdner Ranges to Cape Arid National Park, its habitat rarely stretches inland from the coast. A population was discovered in December 2003 in South Australia during a Department for Environment and Heritage Biological Survey on Ey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable". Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice and through building partnerships. The organization is best known to the wider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EPBC Act
The ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places. Enacted on 17 July 2000, it established a range of processes to help protect and promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and preserve significant places from decline. The Act is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Lists of threatened species are drawn up under the Act, and these lists, the primary reference to threatened species in Australia, are available online through the Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT). As an Act of the Australian Parliament, it relies for its constitutional validity upon the legislative powers of the Parliament granted by the Australian Constitution, and key provisions of the Act are largely based on a number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulnerable Species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been Conservation status, categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened species, threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatened species, threatening its survival and reproduction improve. Vulnerability is mainly caused by habitat loss or destruction of the species' home. Vulnerable habitat or species are monitored and can become increasingly threatened. Some species listed as "vulnerable" may be common in captivity (animal), captivity, an example being the military macaw. There are currently 5196 animals and 6789 plants classified as Vulnerable, compared with 1998 levels of 2815 and 3222, respectively. Practices such as cryoconservation of animal genetic resources have been enforced in efforts to conserve vulnerable breeds of livestock specifically. Criteria The International Union for Conservation of Nature uses several criteria to enter species in this category. A tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasyuromorphs
Dasyuromorphia (, meaning "hairy tail" in Greek) is an order comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the thylacine. In Australia, the exceptions include the omnivorous bandicoots (order Peramelemorphia) and the marsupial moles (which eat meat but are very different and are now accorded an order of their own, Notoryctemorphia). Numerous South American species of marsupials (orders Didelphimorphia, Paucituberculata, and Microbiotheria) are also carnivorous, as were some extinct members of the order Diprotodontia, including extinct kangaroos (such as ''Ekaltadeta'' and ''Propleopus)'' and thylacoleonids, and some members of the partially extinct clade Metatheria and all members of the extinct superorder Sparassodonta. The order contains four families: one with just a single living species (the numbat), two with only extinct species (including the thylacine and ''Malleodectes''), and one, the Dasyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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