
Linette Umbrello
Research
- Documenting the diversity of Australia's smallest marsupial carnivores (Planigale, Sminthopsis, Antechninomys) - Phylogeography and population genetics of dasyurid marsupials in the Pilbara and adjacent bioregions. - Understanding the drivers of genetic differentiation and structure resulting from aridification during the Pleistocene. - Investigating the morphological distinctiveness of isolated Pilbara dasyurid populations (Planigale and Dasyurus species).
Latest articles by Linette Umbrello

Loads of mammals — including cats — glow under UV light, but we don't know why
By Christine Elizabeth Cooper, Kenny Travouillon, Linette Umbrello, Jemmy Bouzin, Simon Lewis published
Fluorescence found to be extremely common among mammals, and may be the "default status" — but exactly why that is remains unclear, scientists say.
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