Red-tailed phascogale parentage analysis dataset (1000 SNP loci + life history file) and R script for analysis

We present a case of extended sperm storage in a female red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura) during a trial reintroduction in 2022. Parentage reported by single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping revealed the father of one litter had died approximately 50 days before the litter was born. The recorded gestation period for red-tailed phascogales is 28-32 days. Our record indicates sperm storage and/or diapause of up to 15-27 days, at least double the previously recorded sperm storage duration in this species.Published in Australian Mammalogy, October 2024.The data and script provided allow replication of the parentage results generated in the R package Sequoia and used in this publication.