Antechinomys longicaudatus

(W. B. Spencer, 1909)

Greater Long-tailed Dunnart

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spencer, W.B. 1909. Description of a new species of Sminthopsis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 21:449-451.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8499322

Original name as described

Sminthopsis longicaudatus

Other common names

Long-tailed Marsupial Mouse

Type material

NMV C7803

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Sminthopsis to Antechinomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Westerman, M., Umbrello, L., & Woolley, P. A. (2023). On the composition of Antechinomys (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): how many species?. Australian Journal of Zoology, 70(3), 95-103.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000211

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 longicaudatus

(W. B. Spencer, 1909)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C7803

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

449

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8499322

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Sminthopsis longicaudata

(Tate, 1947)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Troughton (1965:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904558) (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 (2015:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40545/21948982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Antechinomys longicaudatus

Westerman, Umbrello, & Woolley, 2023

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

100

Authority publication

Australian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Westerman, Umbrello & Woolley (2023:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59377)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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