Sminthopsis youngsoni

N. L. McKenzie & M. Archer, 1982

Lesser Hairy-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

McKenzie, N.L. and Archer, M. 1982-10-01. _Sminthopsis youngsoni_ (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), the Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart, a new species from arid Australia. Australian Mammalogy 5:267-279.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/AM82029

Original name as described

Sminthopsis youngsoni

Other common names

Desert Dunnart

Type material

WAM M24552

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Edgar Ranges, 18° 50' S, 123° 05' E, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000218

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Names and synonyms

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Sminthopsis youngsoni

N. L. McKenzie & M. Archer, 1982

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

youngsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M24552

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

267

Authority publication

Australian Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40550/21948853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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