Planigale tenuirostris

Planigale tenuirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyuromorphia
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Sminthopsinae
Tribus: Planigalini
Genus: Planigale
Species: Planigale tenuirostris

Name

Planigale tenuirostris Troughton, 1928: 285

• Holotype: AM M.3856, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Richard Helms in May or June 1890.
• Type locality: “at Bourke or Wilcannia, New South Wales”, Australia.

References

Primary references

• Troughton, E.L.G. 1928. A new genus, species, and subspecies of marsupial mice (family Dasyuridae). Records of the Australian Museum 16(6): 281–288. DOI: 10.3853/J.0067-1975.16.1928.789

Vernacular names

English: Narrow-nosed Planigale
español: Ratón marsupial de hocico estrecho

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