Murexia aspera

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Southern Short-furred Dasyure

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Phascogalinae
Genus : Murexia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1913-08-01. On new mammals obtained by the Utakwa Expedition to Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12(68):205-212.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099698

Original name as described

Phascogale murex aspera

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.6.18.90

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e9a9f879-432e-48cc-847e-de6c131b4485

Type locality

Camp No. 3, Utakwa River, Netherlands New Guinea, 2,500 ft.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

split from M. longicaudata

Taxonomy notes citation

Woolley, P. A., Krajewski, C., & Westerman, M. (2020). The endemic New Guinean genus Murexia (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae). How many species? An analysis based on morphological, distributional and molecular data. Australian Journal of Zoology, 67(3), 134-144. · Baker, A., Eldridge, M., Fisher, D. O., Frankham, G., Helgen, K. M., Jackson, S. M., ... & Umbrello, L. (2023). Taxonomy and diversity of living Australasian marsupials. American and Australasian Marsupials: an evolutionary, biogeographical, and ecological approach, 1-85.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006753

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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.

Phascogale murex aspera

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

aspera

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.6.18.90

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e9a9f879-432e-48cc-847e-de6c131b4485

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099698

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Murexia longicaudata aspera

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

aspera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Murexia aspera

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

aspera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006753

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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