Sminthopsis murina

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Common 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1838-01-22. Mr. Waterhouse directed the attention of the Meeting to several small Quadrupeds which he considered undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837:75-77.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570961

Original name as described

Phascogale murina

Other common names

Common Marsupial Mouse · Mouse-sminthopsis · Slender Mouse Sminthopsis · Slender-tailed Dunnart

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.95

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/529931f6-4f46-465c-9cef-8ceb3e305b84

Type locality

N of Hunter River, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000213

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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 murina tatei

Troughton, 1965

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

tatei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.7157

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904554

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Troughton (1965:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Phascogale murina

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

murina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.95

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/529931f6-4f46-465c-9cef-8ceb3e305b84

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570961

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phascogale albipes

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1842)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.3.21.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6da35f6c-5322-488c-86f9-d589a3bfdc7c

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679810

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Sminthopsis murina albipes

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

albipes

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

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

murina

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 (1965:313, 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 (2015:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40547/21949138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sminthopsis murina murina

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

murina

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

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