Murexia rothschildi

(Tate, 1938)

Broad-striped 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

Tate, G.H.H. 1938. New or little-known marsupials: A new species of Phascogalinae, with notes upon _Acrobates pulchellus_ Rothschild. Novitates Zoologicae 41:58-60.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34053273

Original name as described

Phascogale (Murexia) rothschildi

Other common names

Short-haired Marsupial Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.3233

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cf05d91-65e3-4f1d-82f0-db7a4f9c3401

Type locality

head of Aroa River, 8° 50' S, 147° 06' E, about 1220 m, Central Prov., Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

moved from Paramurexia to Murexia

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000186

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 (Murexia) rothschildi

(Tate, 1938)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.3233

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cf05d91-65e3-4f1d-82f0-db7a4f9c3401

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34053273

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Murexia rothschildi

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:29, 30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13931/21943008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paramurexia rothschildi

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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