The Boullanger Island dunnart (''Sminthopsis boullangerensis'') is a species of

dunnart A dunnart (from Noongar ''donat'') is a narrow-footed marsupial the size of a European mouse, of the genus ''Sminthopsis''. Dunnarts have a largely insectivorous diet. Taxonomy The genus name ''Sminthopsis'' was published by Oldfield Thomas ...

found only on

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. It is located within the Jurien Bay Marine Park and part of the Boullanger, Whitlock, Favourite, T ...

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. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the

grey-bellied dunnart The grey-bellied dunnart (''Sminthopsis griseoventer''), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Gilbert's dunnart and little long-tailed dunnart in 1984. T ...

(''S. griseoventer''), for which reason it was not assessed by the

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in 2008 (although it was classed as

critically endangered An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...

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 cult ...

classifies the Boullanger Island dunnart as vulnerable.

References

Dasyuromorphs Mammals of Western Australia Marsupials of Australia Mammals described in 1999 {{WesternAustralia-stub

See also

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