Sminthopsis leucopus

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

White-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

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324285

Original name as described

Phascogale leucopus

Other common names

White-footed Marsupial Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1812, BMNH:Mamm:1843.5.31.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c1f269c-cc48-44fe-aa15-cccf29f9afea https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c836d8a9-91fa-4b3d-bede-0bd88ec10646

Type locality

Tasmania, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000210

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.

Podabrus mitchelli

(Krefft, 1867)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

mitchelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.657

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627929

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Phascogale leucopus

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1812, BMNH:Mamm:1843.5.31.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c1f269c-cc48-44fe-aa15-cccf29f9afea https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c836d8a9-91fa-4b3d-bede-0bd88ec10646

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324285

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Antechinus ferruginifrons

(J. Gould, 1854)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

ferruginifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1854.11.19.3

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/294eec68-9656-4d58-8bed-0d1230f20cb7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74772243-5f9d-4513-83e6-314f638915d5

Authority page

pl. I-36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49738191

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Sminthopsis leucopus janetzkiae

Lavery, R. Collett, D. O. Fisher, Hoskin, & Rowland, 2022

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

janetzkiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM JM20890

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Australian Mammalogy

Sminthopsis murina ferruginifrons

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

ferruginifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Sminthopsis murina leucopus

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Sminthopsis leucopus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20297/166496257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sminthopsis leucopus leucopus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

342

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Antechinus (Podabrus) leucogenys

(Higgins & Petterd, 1883)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

leucogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

172

Authority publication

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

Name usages

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

Antechinus ferrugineifrons

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

ferrugineifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

302

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986696

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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