Sminthopsis butleri is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Sminthopsis butleri is commonly known (its common name) as the Butler's Dunnart in English. In French (Français), Sminthopsis butleri is commonly known as the Souris Marsupiale De Butler.

Sminthopsis butleri is classified as vulnerable 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. Sminthopsis butleri'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 Sminthopsis butleri is Archer, 1979 (IUCN Red List).

Country Distribution: Sminthopsis butleri is found in the following countries:

Australia (IUCN Red List).

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

Major Habitat(s): 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 10.1 Coastline - Rocky Shores 10.2 Coastline - Sand, Shingle or Pebble Shores (IUCN Red List).

Range: The only records of this species are from Kalumburu in the Kimberley (three specimens collected in 1965/66), and from Bathurst Island (two specimens collected in 1991) and Melville Island (one specimen collected in 1913) off the coast of Australia's Northern Territory (Woinarski et al. 1996). (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Sminthopsis butleri is listed as VU D2 ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

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

Assessor: Sminthopsis butleri'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 Sminthopsis butleri:

Citations listed by IUCN

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

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. .

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Woolley, P.A. and van Dyck, S. 1996. The distribution of the dunnart Sminthopsis butleri. Australian Mammalogy 19:31-46.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Sminthopsis butleri (IUCN Red List).

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