Ningaui ridei is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Ningaui ridei is commonly known (its common name) as the Wongai Ningaui in English. In French (Français), Ningaui ridei is commonly known as the Ningaui Wongai.

Ningaui ridei is classified as lower risk-least concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Ningaui ridei is Archer, 1975 (IUCN Red List).

Summary: Binomial name Ningaui ridei
Archer, 1975

The Wongai Ningaui (Ningaui ridei) is a small carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. They live mostly in the interior of Australia, in deserts that have spinifex, or grasslands and trees such as desert oak, Mulga, Australian Cypress Pine and dry heath

Wongai Ningaui has a head and body length of 64 mm, tail length of 65 mm and weight of 9.75g. Even smaller than a house mouse, the Wongai Ningaui is grayish above and lighter below. It has a semi-prehensile tail, needle sharp teeth and a long snout. The name derives from an Aboriginal word for tiny mythological beings that are hairy, have short feet and only come out at night.

Ningauis use their sharp teeth to kill their insect prey by swiftly bighting them around the head. They hunt by night and rest among the spinnifex hummocks by day. The females have as many as five to seven young, the breeding season beginning in October.

(Wikipedia).

Country Distribution: Ningaui ridei is found in the following countries:

Australia (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Ningaui ridei: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Ningaui ridei is listed as LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Ningaui ridei's status was assessed in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Ningaui ridei's Red List status was evaluated by Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Ningaui ridei:

Citations listed by IUCN

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Ningaui ridei (IUCN Red List).

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