Dasyurus spartacus

Van Dyck, 1988

Bronze Quoll

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Van Dyck, S. 1988-08-29. The bronze quoll, _Dasyurus spartacus_ (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), a new species from the savannahs of Papua New Guinea. Australian Mammalogy 11:145-156.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/AM88018

Original name as described

Dasyurus spartacus

Type material

PNGM 22000

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Marehead, 8° 41' S, 141° 39' E, Trans-Fly Plains, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

may be a subspecies or synonym of D. geoffroii, although further studies are needed to verify this, considered a subspecies of D. geoffroii tentatively by Jackson & Groves, 2015

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000151

Country distribution map

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