Murexia longicaudata

(Schlegel, 1866)

Aru Short-furred Dasyure

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Phascogalinae
Genus : Murexia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schlegel, H. 1866. Observations zoologiques. III. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 3:325-358.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49109857

Original name as described

Phascogale longicaudata

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35135.a, RMNH.MAM.35135.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35135.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35135.b

Type locality

Wonumbai, Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously M. aspera, M. maxima, and M. murex

Taxonomy notes citation

Krajewski, C., Torunsky, R., Sipiorski, J. T., & Westerman, M. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships of the dasyurid marsupial genus Murexia. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(3), 696-705. · Woolley, P. A., Krajewski, C., & Westerman, M. (2020). The endemic New Guinean genus Murexia (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae). How many species? An analysis based on morphological, distributional and molecular data. Australian Journal of Zoology, 67(3), 134-144. · Baker, A., Eldridge, M., Fisher, D. O., Frankham, G., Helgen, K. M., Jackson, S. M., ... & Umbrello, L. (2023). Taxonomy and diversity of living Australasian marsupials. American and Australasian Marsupials: an evolutionary, biogeographical, and ecological approach, 1-85.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000183

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 longicaudata

(Schlegel, 1866)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35135.a, RMNH.MAM.35135.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35135.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35135.b

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49109857

Authority publication

Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde

Murexia longicaudata

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13930/21943259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Murexia longicaudata longicaudata

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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