Sminthopsis archeri

Van Dyck, 1986

Chestnut Dunnart

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Sminthopsinae
Genus : Sminthopsis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Van Dyck, S. 1986-06-30. The Chestnut Dunnart, _Sminthopsis archeri_ (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), a new species from the savannahs of Papua New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Australian Mammalogy 9:111-124.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/AM86016

Original name as described

Sminthopsis archeri

Type material

PNGM 1663

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Morehead (8° 04' S, 141° 39' E), Trans-Fly Plains, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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