Planigale Troughton 1928

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Planigale Troughton 1928

Planigale Troughton 1928 , Rec. Aust. Mus., 16: 282.

Type Species: Planigale brunneus Troughton 1928

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 5 subspecies:

Species Planigale gilesi Aitken 1972

Species Planigale ingrami (Thomas 1906)

Subspecies Planigale ingrami subsp. ingrami Thomas 1906

Subspecies Planigale ingrami subsp. brunnea Troughton 1928

Subspecies Planigale ingrami subsp. subtilissima Lönnberg 1913

Species Planigale maculata (Gould 1851)

Subspecies Planigale maculata subsp. maculata Gould 1851

Subspecies Planigale maculata subsp. sinualis Thomas 1926

Species Planigale novaeguineae Tate and Archbold 1941

Species Planigale tenuirostris Troughton 1928

Discussion: Revised by Archer (1976) on the basis of morphology and by Painter et al. (1995) on the basis of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequencing.