last collected ca. 1930 at Kojonup, West Australia; never common
5" arboreal sucalyptus forest/mallee scrub marsupial insectivore endemic to southern Australia
specimens in Adelaide and Perth
disappeared after introduction of cat; also decimated by 1898-1900 zooepidemic
References:
Harper, F. Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Old World QL707.H37 1945 p.28
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