Parantechinus apicalis is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Parantechinus apicalis is commonly known (its common name) as the Southern Dibbler in English. In French (Français), Parantechinus apicalis is commonly known as the Souris Marsupiale Mouchetée.

Parantechinus apicalis is classified as endangered 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. Parantechinus apicalis's population trend was decreasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are declining in the wild.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Parantechinus apicalis is (Gray, 1842) (IUCN Red List).

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Country Distribution: Parantechinus apicalis is found in the following countries:

Australia (Western Australia) (IUCN Red List).

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

Range: The only readily detectable populations are on Boullanger and Whitlock Islands. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Parantechinus apicalis is listed as EN B1+2ce ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

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

Assessor: Parantechinus apicalis'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 Parantechinus apicalis:

Citations listed by IUCN

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. and Morris, K. (compilers) 1996. Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group. .

Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. 1982. The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book. Part 1: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Parantechinus apicalis (IUCN Red List).

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