Sminthopsis dolichura

D. J. Kitchener, Stoddart, & J. Henry, 1984

Little Long-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

Kitchener, D.J., Stoddart, J. and Henry, J. 1984. A taxonomic revision of the _Sminthopsis murina_ complex (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) in Australia, including descriptions of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(3):201-248.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53024955

Original name as described

Sminthopsis dolichura

Type material

WAM M17985

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

6 km SSE of Buningonia Spring, 32° 28' S, 123° 36' E, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000203

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Names and synonyms

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Sminthopsis dolichura

D. J. Kitchener, Stoddart, & J. Henry, 1984

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

dolichura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M17985

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53024955

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40542/21948697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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