Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844:105.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, Williams River .

DISTRIBUTION: South Australia, SW Queensland, SE Northern Territory, S Western Australia, W New South Wales, W Victoria.

STATUS: Common?

SYNONYMS: centralis, ferruginea.

COMMENTS: See Archer (1979:329, 1981:176).