Tarsipes rostratus

P. Gervais & Verreaux in P. Gervais, 1842

Honey Possum

Side view, next to large flower. Also as Noolbenger, Honey Mouse.
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Location:Australia, WA, near AlbanyDate taken:1 January 1979Description:Side view, next to large flower. Also as Noolbenger, Honey Mouse.

Distribution :

SW Western Australia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 642

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Petauroidea
Family: Tarsipedidae
Genus: Tarsipes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gervais, P. 1842-03-03. Nouveau genre de Didelphe. L'Institut 10(427):75-76.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=6QnK2REflSIC&pg=PA75

Original name as described

Tarsipes rostratus

Other common names

Honey Mouse

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-412 (= MNHN:AGal:210) (= MNHN:NGal:151) (= MNHN:type:670)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Swan River, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000368

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Tarsipes rostratus

P. Gervais & Verreaux in P. Gervais, 1842

Family

Tarsipedidae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-412 (= MNHN:AGal:210) (= MNHN:NGal:151) (= MNHN:type:670)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Nouvelle-Hollande

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia: 32°S, 116°E.

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=6QnK2REflSIC&pg=PA75

Authority publication

L'Institut

Name usages

Gervais (1842:75, https://books.google.com/books?id=6QnK2REflSIC&pg=PA75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68809)
Gervais & Verreaux (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60425)
Lesson (1842:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Giebel (1855:705, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Giebel (1855:705, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Flower & Dobson (1883:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43556)
Thomas (1888:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9306)
Ogilby (1892:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
Weber (1928:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
Corbet & Hill (1991:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Jackson & Groves (2015:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40583/21958924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tarsipes Spenseræ

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Tarsipedidae

Root name

spenserae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.2.1.32

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

the scrub, King George's Sound

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c975267-4277-476b-8dc2-41ce1511c509

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312444

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1842:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20177)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:51, 52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Jackson & Groves (2015:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Tarsipes spencerae:

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Tarsipedidae

Root name

spencerae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

830

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423711

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:830, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Tarsipes spencerae:

Ride, 1970

Family

Tarsipedidae

Root name

spencerae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Melbourne

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Jackson & Groves (2015:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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