Sminthopsis froggatti

(E. P. Ramsay, 1887)

Froggatt's Dunnart

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Ramsay, E.P. 1887-11-30. Description of two new species of marsupials (Perameles and Antechinus), and of a new species of Mus (_M. burtoni_), from the neighbourhood of Derby, N.W.A. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 12:551-553.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2907952

Original name as described

Antechinus (Podabrus) froggatti

Type material

AM M.8019

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near the beach in the pindan scrub bordering King Sound near Derby, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from S. macroura, although more data is needed to support this and the species status of this form is considered tentative, with some subsequent authors not recognizing the species

Taxonomy notes citation

Blacket, M. J., Adams, M., Cooper, S. J., Krajewski, C., & Westerman, M. (2001). Systematics and evolution of the dasyurid marsupial genus Sminthopsis: I. The macroura species group. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 8(2), 149-170. · Umbrello, L. S., Didham, R. K., How, R. A., & Huey, J. A. (2020). Multi-Species Phylogeography of Arid-Zone Sminthopsinae (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) Reveals Evidence of Refugia and Population Expansion in Response to Quaternary Change. Genes, 11(9), 963.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000205

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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.

Antechinus (Podabrus) froggatti

(E. P. Ramsay, 1887)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

froggatti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.8019

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

552

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2907952

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

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

Sminthopsis macrura froggatti

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

froggatti

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 froggatti

Troughton, 1965

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

froggatti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

313

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904551

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Troughton (1965:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Sminthopsis macroura froggatti

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

froggatti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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