Planigale kendricki

K. P. Aplin, N. K. Cooper, Travouillon, & Umbrello in Umbrello, N. K. Cooper, M. Adams, Travouillon, A. M. Baker, Westerman, & K. P. Aplin, 2023

Orange-headed Pilbara Planigale

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Planigalinae
Genus : Planigale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Umbrello, L.S., Cooper, N.K., Adams, M., Travouillon, K.J., Baker, A.M., Westerman, M. and Aplin, K.P. 2023-08-14. Hiding in plain sight: two new species of diminutive marsupial (Dasyuridae: Planigale) from the Pilbara, Australia. Zootaxa 5330(1):1-46.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.1

Original name as described

Planigale kendricki

Type material

WAM M41812

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Barlee Range Nature Reserve, Western Australia, 23°23'21" S, 115°53'12" E."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Umbrello, L. S., Cooper, N. K., Adams, M., Travouillon, K. J., Baker, A. M., Westerman, M., & Aplin, K. P. (2023). Hiding in plain sight: two new species of diminutive marsupial (Dasyuridae: Planigale) from the Pilbara, Australia. Zootaxa, 5330(1), 1-46.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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