Sminthopsis psammophila

W. B. Spencer, 1895

Sandhill 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

Spencer, W.B. 1895. Preliminary notice of two new species of marsupials from Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 7:222-224.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8659828

Original name as described

Sminthopsis psammophilus

Other common names

Large Desert Marsupial Mouse · Large Desert Sminthopsis · Sandhill Sminthopsis

Type material

NMV C6203

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lake Amadeus, Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000215

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 psammophilus

W. B. Spencer, 1895

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

psammophila

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C6203

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8659828

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Sminthopsis macrura psammophila

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

psammophila

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 psammophila

Troughton, 1965

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

psammophila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904555

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Troughton (1965:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20293/21947794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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