Myoictis wavica

Tate, 1947

Tate'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

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. 1947-02-20. On the anatomy and classification of the Dasyuridae (Marsupialia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88(3):101-155.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1836

Original name as described

Myoictis melas wavicus

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:28082

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:28082

Type locality

"Wau, near Morobe, northeastern Papua, altitude 3800 feet," New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

split from M. melas; specific epithet generally spelt 'wavicus', although the spelling needs to be changed to match the generic gender, which is feminine, because it is an adjective

Taxonomy notes citation

Woolley, P. A. (2005). Revision of the three-striped dasyures, genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, with description of a new species. RECORDS-AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, 57(3), 321.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000156

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 melas wavicus

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wavica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:28082

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:28082

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Myoictis wavicus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wavicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136829/21945185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myoictis wavica

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wavica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000156

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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