Sminthopsis macroura (Gould 1845)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Dasyuromorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 22-37 : 35

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scientific name	Sminthopsis macroura (Gould 1845)
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Sminthopsis macroura (Gould 1845) View in CoL

[Sminthopsis] macroura (Gould 1845) View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845: 79.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Darling Downs.

Vernacular Names: Stripe-faced Dunnart.

Synonyms: Sminthopsis froggatti Ramsay 1887 ; Sminthopsis larapinta Spencer 1896 ; Sminthopsis monticola Troughton 1965 ; Sminthopsis stalkeri Thomas 1906 .

Distribution: Australia: NW New South Wales, W Queensland, S Northern Territory, N South Australia, N Western Australia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: S. macroura species-group. See Archer (1979:329, 1981:148). According to Blacket et al. (2001), this is probably a species complex rather than a single species, including froggatti and stalkeri .

References

Archer, M. 1979. Two new species of Sminthopsis Thomas from northern Australia, S. butleri and S. douglasi. Australian Museum Zoologist, 20: 327 - 345.

Archer, M. 1981. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 104. Systematic revision of the marsupial dasyurid genus Sminthopsis Thomas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 168: 61 - 224.

Blacket, M. J., M. Adams, S. J. B. Cooper, C. Krajewskiand, and M. Westerman. 2001. Systematics and evolution of the dasyurid marsupial genus Sminthopsis: I. The macroura species group. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 8: 149 - 170.