Dasycercus woolleyae

Newman-Martin & Travouillon in Newman-Martin, Travouillon, N. Warburton, Barham, & A. J. Blyth, 2023

Northern Mulgara

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Dasyurinae
Genus : Dasycercus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K.J., Warburton, N., Barham, M. and Blyth, A.J. 2023-10-22. Taxonomic review of the genus Dasycercus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) using modern and subfossil material; and the description of three new species. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 47(4):624-661.

Original name as described

Dasycercus woolleyae

Type material

WAM M1513

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Point Massie (Well 46, Canning Stock Route), Western Australia (20°40'00" S, 126°26'00" E).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations of D. cristicauda; the species is probably extinct

Taxonomy notes citation

Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K. J., Warburton, N., Barham, M., & Blyth, A. J. (2023). Taxonomic review of the genus Dasycercus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) using modern and subfossil material; and the description of three new species. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 1-38.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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