Discovered and disappearing? Conservation genetics of a recently named Australian carnivorous marsupial.

ABSTRACT: Five new species within the Australian carnivorous marsupial genus Antechinus have recently been named, at least two of which are threatened. Important facets of the habitat use and extinction risk of one of these new species, the buff-footed antechinus, A. mysticus, are not well understood. Previous research has suggested that the species utilizes a broad range of inter-connected forest habitats in southeast Queensland (Qld), Australia. Based on this potentially connected habitat, we predicted that A. mysticus should have low population genetic structure, particularly in relation to its congener, the spatially restricted, high altitude, closed-forest A. subtropicus. We genotyped nine microsatellite loci for six populations of A. mysticus, s

SUBMITTER: Mutton TY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194214 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature