Phascogale tapoatafa

(F. A. A. Meyer, 1793)

Common 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Meyer, F.A.A. 1793. Systematisch-Summarische Uebersicht der neuesten Zoologischen Entdeckungen in Neuholland und Afrika. Dytische Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 178 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27654910 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27655078

Original name as described

Viverra Tapoatafa

Other common names

Black-tailed Phascogale · Brush-tailed Phascogale · Common Wambenger · Tuan

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. pirata

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000189

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.

Viverra Tapoatafa

(F. A. A. Meyer, 1793)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

tapoatafa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

28, 177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27654910 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27655078

Authority publication

Leipzig

Didelphis Penicillata

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

penicillata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

502

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632634

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Dasyurus tafa

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

tafa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5495399

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lesson (1827:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Phascogale tapoatafa kimberleyensis

K. P. Aplin & Rhind in K. P. Aplin, Rhind, ten Have, & Chesser, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

kimberleyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M16028

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Phascogale tapoatafa wambenger

Rhind & K. P. Aplin in K. P. Aplin, Rhind, ten Have, & Chesser, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wambenger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M7674

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Phascogale penicillata

Lesson, 1827

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

penicillata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207683

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Tapoa tafa

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

tafa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

190

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phascogale tapoatafa

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

tapoatafa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

135

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16890/166495589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

tapoatafa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

135

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Dasyurus penicillatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

penicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5495399

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Name usages

Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

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