Sminthopsis crassicaudata

(J. Gould, 1844)

Fat-tailed 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

Gould, J. 1844-10. Mr. Gould laid upon the table a number of Skins of Animals and Birds, being part of a large collection which Mr. Gilbert had lately forwarded to him from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844:103-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862399

Original name as described

Phascogale crassicaudata

Other common names

Fat-tailed Marsupial Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.15.4, BMNH:Mamm:1844.7.9.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e75a188-05c8-4695-a616-e8c6998fe463 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b800c3d-250c-44b2-920a-79998474ccba https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cf81d95-5944-4b30-bd20-86e113bc59eb https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2f31bd4-d05d-42e8-bba1-7afb705f8f3b

Type locality

Williams River, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000202

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 crassicaudata

(J. Gould, 1844)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

crassicaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.15.4, BMNH:Mamm:1844.7.9.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e75a188-05c8-4695-a616-e8c6998fe463 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b800c3d-250c-44b2-920a-79998474ccba https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cf81d95-5944-4b30-bd20-86e113bc59eb https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2f31bd4-d05d-42e8-bba1-7afb705f8f3b

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862399

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Sminthopsis crassicaudata centralis

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.8.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03780148-5547-4bbf-bb86-78ed22c678ce

Authority page

492

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339301

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Troughton (1965:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Podabrus crassicaudatus

(J. Gould, 1845)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

pl. I-47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49738235

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1863:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Sminthopsis macrura centralis

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

crassicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:31, 32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40541/21948539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

crassicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Sminthopsis crassicaudata ferruginea

H. H. Finlayson, 1933

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

199

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia

Name usages

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

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