Dasycercus blythi

(E. R. Waite, 1904)

Spinifex Mulgara

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Dasyurinae
Genus : Dasycercus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Waite, E.R. 1904-01-28. Description of a new Phascogale from north western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 5(2):122-124.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41641281

Original name as described

Phascogale blythi

Other common names

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Type material

WAM M41476, WAM M41477

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Pilbarra District, North Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from D. cristicauda and previously included populations now attributed to D. marlowi

Taxonomy notes citation

Woolley, P.A. 2005. The species of Dasycercus Peters, 1875 (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62(2): 213-221. · Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K. J., Warburton, N., Barham, M., & Blyth, A. J. (2023). Taxonomic review of the genus Dasycercus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) using modern and subfossil material; and the description of three new species. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 1-38.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000143

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phascogale blythi

(E. R. Waite, 1904)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

blythi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M41476, WAM M41477

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41641281

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Dasycercus blythi

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

blythi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

142

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6267/21945900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phascogale blighi

(Woodward, 1902)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

blighi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Perth

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

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