Common planigale: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the common planigale live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common planigale 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 common planigale endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the common planigale?

The common planigale (Planigale maculata) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Planigale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common planigale

The common planigale (Planigale maculata), also known as the pygmy planigale or coastal planigale, is one of the small carnivorous marsupials known as "marsupial mice" found in Australia. There they fill a similar niche to the insectivores of other parts of the world.

The common planigale was first described by John Gould in 1851, using a specimen forwarded to England by the collector Frederick Strange. It was originally described as Antechinus maculatus, and it was retained in the genus Antechinus until Mike Archer transferred it to Planigale in his 1976 revision of the latter genus. The species' scientific name means "spotted flat-weasel".

Two subspecies are recognised:

P. m. maculata, found on mainland Australia;

P. m. sinualis, found on Groote Eylandt.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common planigale (revision 1314347315), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194153 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).