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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · 10d

Taxonomists- ask the journal for no separate electronic SI. Include all information in one document onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA @ceb-uwa.bsky.social · 15d

🐭 Cryptic Kultarr 🏆
@kultarrcam.bsky.social studies hidden biodiversity in carnivorous marsupials, uncovering strong genetic and morphological evidence for multiple distinct species of kultarr across Australia🧬🏜️🐀 6/11
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Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Meet Bettongia haoucharae, a new species of extinct bettong from the Nullarbor Plain and Great Victoria Desert.

doi.org/10.11646/zoo...

A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. | Zootaxa

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct

A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Aug 25

So that would mean they took 6,000 to colonise all of Australia as there is no trace of them in southern Australia where there is a good fossil record. Cats and foxes took less than 100 years to colonise Australia. Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider your estimates?

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Aug 21

There is no evidence of dingoes in Australia prior to 4,000 years. So that first point is still not valid. Find a 10,000 year old dingo in Australia and you will convince me. Until then, it’s not supported by science.

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Aug 21

The 8,000-10,000 years is still no sense. Genetics dating has to be calibrated with fossils otherwise it’s complete fabrication as gene do not evolve at a constant rate.

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Two precious photos of long-extinct bandicoot found in museum box

Hidden in the long-forgotten personal archives of a 20th-century anatomist was a pair of images depicting an extinct species of bandicoot with an unusual butterfly pattern and aggressive streak.

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jul 9

I was horrified to hear a member of the public calling a dibbler ‘a rat’ but then looking at the sign at Perth Zoo, there is nothing explaining that it’s a carnivorous marsupial. Come on Perth Zoo, you can do better than that!

Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jul 7

Finding those photos is a great discovery. There are so few specimens of that species and so little known of its biology.

Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · Jul 7

The only known photograph of a living Nullarbor barred bandicoot - extinct since the 1930s, discovered recently in a basement! Read the paper in our journal, #australianmammalogy #ausmammals #extinction #wildoz lnkd.in/gQCaTzEq

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jul 3

As a side note, I was also bemused to be characterised as a ‘xenophobic eco-nativist’.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jul 3

I went to an international conservation conference recently where a speaker who claims there’s not a lot of evidence that cats and foxes have negatively impacted native mammals also said…Australia used to have hoofed-kangaroos. Cool stories. Both these claims are of course utter 💩.

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Jess Marsh @jessmarsh.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hugely excited for our work on the Nullarbor Caves to be featured on the ever excellent First Dog on the Moon. Oh yeah...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Did you know that there are huge caves full of weirdy bugs and ancient life right under the Nullarbor desert? | First Dog on the Moon

We simply don’t know even a fraction of what is in them

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Australia’s cutest mammal is now Australia’s cutest three mammals

Scientists have discovered that the kultarr – one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials – is actually three different species.

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Jun 27

What's the first thing you like to do when you arrive in a city? Me, I go to the local #museums' warehouse - they never fail to blow your mind. Big thanks to @kennytravouillon.bsky.social for showing me the Western Australian Museum's collections in Perth.

A museum warehouse, with a fibreglass shark model on the left

Some historic museum display cases, with a Pere David's deer and anteater taxidermy on the left

Shelves of large taxidermy in storage, with kangaroos on the top, and a polar bear head, eagle and hippo skull below

A baboon, sloth bear and warthog taxidermy on storage shelves

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Cameron Dodd @kultarrcam.bsky.social · Jun 27

The kultarr is officially three species!
So proud of this work and a big thanks to Australia's amazing museum network and my great supervisor team
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Cryptic Kultarr: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Unrecognized Species of Carnivorous Marsupial (Dasyuridae: Antechinomys) in Arid Australia

Conservation is impossible if we have not described all of the species we aim to conserve. This paper reviews the taxonomy of the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger) a small arid-zone specialist native to....

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 25

Big congratulations @kultarrcam.bsky.social for winning the Bolliger award for the best student talk and @palaeontolucy.bsky.social for winning a Travel award!!!! #AusMamSoc2025

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 24

Presenting today at the Australian Mammal Society Meeting about our work on Diprotodon in the Pilbara #ausmamsoc25

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 23

Attending the Australian Mammal Society meeting in Toowoomba. Great work from my two students Lucy and Cameron presenting their work yesterday!

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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · Jun 19

Who's excited to head to sunny Toowoomba this weekend!? Have a look at the conference program - looks amazing! australianmammals.org.au/files/1580_c...

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 20

A day well spent at the Queensland Museum describing the skull of one of the earliest shortfaced kangaroos and comparing it to its larger descendant!

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 18

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New podcast about mammal extinction in Australia which I was lucky enough to participate in amongst many other experts.

The Documentary Podcast - Australia's extinction crisis - BBC Sounds

Why are so many of Australia’s unique animals now under threat of extinction?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 16

I’ll be presenting our work on species discovery on Tuesday 3:10pm in P4 at #ICCB2025

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · Jun 15

Enjoying ICCB in Brisbane this week!

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · May 2

Australia’s common brushtail possum has long been neglected in terms of its taxonomy. My amazing PhD student Shelby Middleton along with a stellar supervisor team has attempted to resolve this species. Check it here: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

Revised phylogeography of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) reveals new insights into genetic structure across Australia

Abstract. Understanding genetic relationships within species is essential for identifying distinct genetic lineages and informing conservation strategies,

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