Sminthopsis hirtipes

O. Thomas, 1898

Greater Hairy-footed 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

Thomas, O. 1898. Descriptions of three new mammals from the East Indian archipelago and Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 5:1-4.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3220024

Original name as described

Sminthopsis hirtipes

Other common names

Fringe-footed Sminthopsis · Hairy-footed Pouched Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99e9e323-3122-478c-9280-37d8c7d2ae8f

Type locality

Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000209

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.

Sminthopsis hirtipes

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

hirtipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99e9e323-3122-478c-9280-37d8c7d2ae8f

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3220024

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Troughton (1965:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40544/21948399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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