Sminthopsis douglasi

M. Archer, 1979

Julia Creek Dunnart

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Location:Australia, QLD, Tallebudgera, David Fleay Wildlife ParkDate taken:1 January 2007

Distribution :

Known from 19-25°30’S, 141-143°E, in the "downs country" of NW Queensland; and possibly Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4495

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Archer, M. 1979. Two new species of Sminthopsis Thomas (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia) from northern Australia, S. butleri and S. douglasi. Australian Zoologist 20(2):327-345.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39036848

Original name as described

Sminthopsis douglasi

Type material

QM J5173

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110254/sminthopsis-douglasi

Type locality

Julia Creek (20° 40' S, 141° 40' E), Cloncurry River Watershed, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000204

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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.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Sminthopsis douglasi

M. Archer, 1979

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

douglasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J5173

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Julia Creek (Lat. 20°40'S, Long. 141°40'E) north central Queensland, in the watershed of the Cloncurry River

Type locality

Australia: Queensland: 20°40′S, 141°40′E.

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110254/sminthopsis-douglasi

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39036848

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Archer (1981:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67504)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69000)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Jackson & Groves (2015:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20290/21948305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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