Table 1.

Threatened status, previously recognised population uniqueness, and microsatellite information for each species in this study

				Population uniqueness			Microsatellite datasets
Species	EPBC Act Statusa	IUCN Statusb	Population trenda	Sub species	ESUs	MUs	No. Populationsc	No. Individuals	No. Loci	Reference
Burramys parvus	endangered	critically endangered	declining	-	3	Yes	12	762	8	[22]
Perameles gunnii	vulnerable	nr. threatened	declining	2	NA	NA	9	286	12	[23]; Weeks unpubl. data
Dasyurus viverrinus	not listed	nr. threatened	declining	-	-	Yes	10	425	7	[20]
Dasyurus hallucatus	endangered	endangered	declining	4	2	Yes	7	172	6	[20]
Dasyurus maculatus	endangered	endangered	declining	2	2	Yes	12	450	6	[20]

NA no study has been undertaken to determine ESU or MU status

^aTaken from the Australian Federal Government website for threatened species (see http://www.environment.gov.au/)

^bTaken from the IUCN red list (http://www.iucnredlist.org)

^cFor D. hallucatus, only the most contemporary (2006) samples were used in analyses from sites where multiple samples were taken through time