Murexia maxima

(G. Stein, 1932)

Northern Short-furred Dasyure

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Phascogalinae
Genus : Murexia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Stein, G. 1932. Einige neue Beuteltiere aus Neuguinea. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 7:254-257.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45378728

Original name as described

Phascogale maxima

Other common names

Stein's Dasyure

Type material

ZMB 44328

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Japen Island, Geelvinck Bay, western Netherlands New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

split from M. longicaudata

Taxonomy notes citation

Woolley, P.A., Krajewski, C. and Westerman, M. 2019. The endemic New Guinean genus Murexia (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae). How many species? An analysis based on morphological, distributional and molecular data. Australian Journal of Zoology 67(3):134-144. doi:10.1071/ZO20013 · Baker, A.M., Eldridge, M.D.B., Fisher, D.O., Frankham, G., Helgen, K.M., Jackson, S.M., Potter, S., Travouillon, K.J. and Umbrello, L.S. 2023. Taxonomy and diversity of living Australasian marsupials. 163-247 in Cáceres, N.C. and Dickman, C.R. (eds.). American and Australasian Marsupials. An Evolutionary, Biogeographical, and Ecological Approach. Springer, Cham, 1642 pp. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5_32

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006754

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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.

Phascogale maxima

(G. Stein, 1932)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maxima

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 44328

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45378728

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Murexia maxima

Ride, 1964

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maxima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49414276

Authority publication

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Name usages

  1. Ride (1964:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49414276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37013)
  2. Woolley, Krajewski & Westerman (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60289)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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