Dasyuroides byrnei

W. B. Spencer, 1896

Kowari

One-day-old litter attached to female.  Also as Brush-tailed Marsupial Rat|Bushy-tailed Marsupial Rat.
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Location:Australia, SA, Adelaide, Inst. Med. & Vet. Sci.Date taken:Jan 1, 1972

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 331

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spencer, W.B. 1896-02. Mammalia. Pp. 1–52 in Spencer, W.B. (eds.). Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part II.—Zoology. Dulau & Co., London, 431 pp.

Original name as described

Dasyuroides byrnei

Other common names

Brush-tailed Marsupial Rat · Bushy-tailed Marsupial Rat

Type material

NMV C6323

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

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