Murexia melanurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyuromorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohort: Metatheria Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Dasyurinae
Tribus: Phascogalini
Genus: Murexia
Species: Murexia melanurus

Name

• Murexia melanurus (Thomas, 1899)

Lectotype: MSNG 3915, adult ♀, skin and skull. [desginated by Van Der Feen (1979: 22)]

Type locality: “Moroka, [Astrolabe Range, 9°24'S, 147°32'E, Central Prov.,] British New Guinea [=Papua New Guinea], altitude 1,300 metres.”

Combinations

• Phascogale melanura Thomas, 1899: 191 [original combination]
• Antechinus melanurus: Tate, 1947: 129 [name combination]
• [Murexia] melanurus: Krajewski et al. 1996: 88 [name combination]
• Murexechinus melanurus: Van Dyck, 2002: 302 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Phascogale melanura modesta Thomas, 1912: 92
• Phascogale mayeri Dollman, 1930: 433
• Antechinus wilhelmina Tate, 1947: 130

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1899. Description of a new Phascogale from British New Guinea, obtained by Dr. L. Loria. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, series 2, 20(40): 191–192. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Murexia melanurus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Murexia melanurus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Black-tailed Dasyure
español: Dasiuro de cola negra

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