Table 2 Relationship between genetic diversity and genetic uniqueness in threatened Australian mammals

Gymnobelideus leadbeateri

-

Leadbeater's possum

CE

6

15

0.940

−0.173

<0.001

[52]; Weeks unpubl. data

Bettongia penicillata

B. p. ogilbyi

Woylie

E

9

12

0.827

−0.015

<0.001

[53]

Burramys parvus

-

Mountain pygmy-possum

E

12

8

0.819

−0.114

<0.001

see Table 1

Dasyurus hallucatus

-

Northern quoll

E

9

6

0.907

−0.166

<0.001

see Table 1

Dasyurus maculatus

D. m. gacilis

Yarri

E

9

6

0.831

−0.073

<0.001

[26]

D. m. maculatus (SE mainland population)

Spotted-tailed Quoll (SE)

E

Tiger Quoll (Q)

D. m. maculatus (Queensland population)

V

Isoodon obesulus

I. o. obesulus

Southern brown bandicoot (Eastern)

E

6^b

14

0.250

−0.03

0.312

[18]

I. o. nauticus

Southern brown bandicoot (Nuyts)

V

Perameles bougainville

P. b. bougainville

Western barred bandicoot (Shark Bay)

E

5

7

0.706

−0.149

0.075

[54]

Perameles gunnii

P. g. unnamed subspecies

Eastern barred bandicoot (mainland)

E

9

12

0.942

−0.196

<0.001

see Table 1

P. g. gunnii

Eastern barred bandicoot (Tasmania)

V

Sarcophilus harrisii

-

Tasmanian devil

E

5

11

0.901

−0.198

0.004

[55]

Dasyurus geoffroii

Western quoll

V

9

5

0.446

−0.025

0.049

[20]

Petrogale lateralis

P. l. hacketti

Recherche rock-wallaby

V

7^b

10

0.491

−0.018

0.080

[56]

P. l. lateralis

Black-flanked rock-wallaby

V

Warru

P. l. MacDonnell Ranges race

Black-footed rock-wallaby

V

P. l. West Kimberley race

V

Petrogale penicillata

-

Brush-tailed rock-wallaby

V

14

11

0.729

−0.166

<0.001

[57]

Phascolarctos cinereus

P. c. (combined populations of Qld, NSW and ACT)

Koala

V

12^b

6

0.665

−0.023

0.002

[58]

Potorous tridactylus

P. t. tridactylus

Long-nosed potoroo (SE mainland)

V

6

10

0.807

−0.023

0.015

[59]

Setonix brachyurus

-

Quokka

V

5

5

0.485

−0.054

0.191

[60]