Sminthopsis macroura

(J. Gould, 1845)

Stripe-faced 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

Gould, J. 1845-10. Mr. Gould exhibited to the Meeting five new species of Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845:77-79.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862575

Original name as described

Podabrus macrourus

Other common names

Darling Downs Dunnart · Froggatt's Sminthopsis · Larapinta · Stripe-headed Sminthopsis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.4.4.62

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13c7c1ac-d54f-4fb3-8256-cb997ad58383 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80028145-0063-41e1-8fb7-b31ba8cfcba2

Type locality

Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. froggatti and S. stalkeri, although more data is needed to support this and the species status of these forms are considered tentative, with some subsequent authors not recognizing either 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000212

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 monticola

Troughton, 1965

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM B.9579

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

311

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904549

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Troughton (1965:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Podabrus macrourus

(J. Gould, 1845)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macroura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.4.4.62

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13c7c1ac-d54f-4fb3-8256-cb997ad58383 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80028145-0063-41e1-8fb7-b31ba8cfcba2

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862575

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Sminthopsis larapinta

W. B. Spencer, 1896

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

larapinta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C6207

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Melbourne

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Troughton (1965:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Sminthopsis larapinta larapinta

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

larapinta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Sminthopsis macrura

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macrura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Troughton (1965:310, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)

Sminthopsis macrura macrura

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macrura

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 macroura

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macroura

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 (2015:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40546/21949068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sminthopsis macroura macroura

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macroura

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)

Podabrus macrurus

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macrura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

306

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986700

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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