Planigale gilesi is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Planigale gilesi is commonly known (its common name) as the Paucident Planigale in English. In French (Français), Planigale gilesi is commonly known as the Planigale De Giles.

Planigale gilesi 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 Planigale gilesi is Aitken, 1972 (IUCN Red List).

Country Distribution: Planigale gilesi is found in the following countries:

Australia (IUCN Red List).

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

CONSERVATION STATUS

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

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

Assessor: Planigale gilesi'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 Planigale gilesi:

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 Planigale gilesi (IUCN Red List).

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