Phascogale pirata
O. Thomas, 1904
Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Dasyuromorphia |
| Family | : Dasyuridae |
| Subfamily | : Phascogalinae |
| Genus | : Phascogale |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1904. On a collection of mammals made by Mr J.T. Tunney in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of South Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11:222-229.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858955Original name as described
Phascogale penicillata pirata
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.3.100
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a122b3f-67ff-4f4d-847d-e9ca5e42b3b2Type locality
South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
split from P. tapoatafa
Taxonomy notes citation
Aplin, K. P., Rhind, S. G., Ten Have, J., & Chesser, R. T. (2015). Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793)(Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a ‘Top End'endemic. Zootaxa, 4055(1), 1-73.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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