Myoictis wallacii

J. E. Gray, 1858

Wallace's Three-striped Dasyure

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1858-04-27. List of species of Mammalia sent from the Aru Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace to the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858:106-113.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271604

Original name as described

Myoictis Wallacii

Other common names

Wallace's Dasyure

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1858.2.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8afa5d76-38bf-4e99-88ab-55bd0c9f982c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b320777a-3337-497f-8ebf-783d1655f6c0

Type locality

"Aru Island," New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000155

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.

Myoictis Wallacii

J. E. Gray, 1858

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wallacii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.2.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8afa5d76-38bf-4e99-88ab-55bd0c9f982c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b320777a-3337-497f-8ebf-783d1655f6c0

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271604

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Phascologale (Chaetocercus) pilicauda

(W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1881)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

pilicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG CE 3922

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

668

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29845105

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

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

Myoictis wallacei

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wallacei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

141

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136839/21945028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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