The Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) is only found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.Its current distribution on Kangaroo Island is unknown, although all recent records (since 1990) have come from sites on the western end of the island… Kangaroo Island dunnart. The work will give an understanding of survivor populations, assist with feral predator control and inform recovery actions for species of concern like the endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart. The restoration of the threatened wildlife impacted by the bushfires on Kangaroo Island involves significant logistical challenges, which are further compounded by the threat of feral predators (cats). Camera traps are being placed in unburnt areas to detect the feral predators The Wildlife and Threatened Species Bushfire Recovery Expert Panel named the Kangaroo Island Dunnart as one of the Top 10 species under threat following the bushfires. Hopes that Kangaroo Island’s unique mouse-like dunnart can be saved from extinction have been boosted after the tiny marsupial was captured on camera at a … The dunnarts can forage at night, take shelter during the day and escape from feral cats and other predators like raptors and goannas,” said Ms Groffen. Loss of habitat of habitat for agriculture appears to have caused the decline of the dunnart … The project is helping the Kangaroo Island bushfire recovery effort by recording the presence of native and feral species within the fireground.
Rosie Hohnen, an ecologist at Charles Darwin University who researches the species, said that the fires have burned “all sites that they have been detected at since 1990, so effectively its entire range.” Australian endangered species: Kangaroo Island Dunnart Status.
Threats. The Kangaroo Island dunnart is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Kangaroo Island dunnart is listed as endangered with a population estimated at 300-500 individuals prior to the 2019-20 bushfires. Heidi Groffen of Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife installs a camera trap to detect and monitor the KI Dunnart and other threatened species. While it is still unclear how many Kangaroo Island dunnarts perished in the fires, Ms Groffen …
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