Responses to a survey question on the distribution of western pygmy-possums (Cercartetus concinnus) on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Helen P. Waudby A and Sophie Petit A B
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A Sustainable Environments Research Group, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: sophie.petit@unisa.edu.au
Australian Mammalogy 34(1) 83-87 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM11025
Submitted: 21 July 2011 Accepted: 20 August 2011 Published: 7 November 2011
Abstract
The western pygmy-possum (Cercartetus concinnus) is probably the last remaining small native ground-dwelling mammal on Yorke Peninsula. We surveyed 1013 Yorke Peninsula residents about the distribution of pygmy-possums on the peninsula. Thirteen of 296 respondents had seen pygmy-possums, none north of Minlaton. Two additional possum species had also been seen.
Additional keywords: community knowledge, perceptions of wildlife, Pseudocheirus peregrinus, questionnaires, small mammals, social surveys, Trichosurus vulpecula.
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