Murexia murex
(O. Thomas, 1913)
Eastern Short-furred Dasyure
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Dasyuromorphia |
| Family | : Dasyuridae |
| Subfamily | : Phascogalinae |
| Genus | : Murexia |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1913-01-01. Two new Australian mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(61):79-80.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635641Original name as described
Phascogale murex
Other common names
Thomas's Dasyure
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1912.2.4.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c0746da-e716-4a45-b2cd-15661539163eType locality
Sattelberg, Huon Peninsula, North-East New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
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
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