Ampurta: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Ampurta Dasycercus hillieri Least concern

Where the ampurta lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 536 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See marsupials on the world map

Scientific name	Dasycercus hillieri
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the ampurta live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ampurta in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the ampurta endangered?

The ampurta’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ampurta?

The ampurta (Dasycercus hillieri) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Dasycercus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ampurta

The ampurta (Dasycercus hillieri, recently resurrected from synonymy with D. cristicauda) is a small to medium-sized Australian carnivorous marsupial and a member of the family Dasyuridae (meaning "hairy tail") which includes quolls, dunnarts, numbats, the endangered Tasmanian devil and the extinct thylacine.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ampurta (revision 1380634037), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q125131252 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).