Sminthopsis nitela

R. Collett, 1897

Western Red-cheeked Dunnart

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Sminthopsinae
Genus : Sminthopsis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Collett, R. 1897-08. On a collection of mammals from north and north-west Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897(2):317-336.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987503

Original name as described

Sminthopsis nitela

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.4.12.6, NHMO 2064, NHMO 2065, NHMO 22078

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7e9009a2-299e-4cc7-9ffe-dd86001b5e36

Type locality

Daly River, about miles from the coast, Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from S. virginiae

Taxonomy notes citation

Umbrello, L.S., Newton, H., Baker, A.M., Travouillon, K.J. and Westerman, M. 2024. Vicariant speciation resulting from biogeographic barriers in the Australian tropics: The case of the red-cheeked dunnart (_Sminthopsis virginiae_). Ecology and Evolution 14(8):e70215. doi:10.1002/ece3.70215

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006891

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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.

Sminthopsis nitela

R. Collett, 1897

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

nitela

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.4.12.6, NHMO 2064, NHMO 2065, NHMO 22078

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7e9009a2-299e-4cc7-9ffe-dd86001b5e36

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987503

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Troughton (1965:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65904)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  3. Umbrello, Newton, Baker, Travouillon & Westerman (2024:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67502)

Sminthopsis larapinta nitela

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

nitela

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Sminthopsis virginiae nitela

M. Archer, 1981

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

nitela

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

141

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Archer (1981:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67504)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  4. Jackson & Groves (2015:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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