Sminthopsis douglasi Archer, 1979:337
Julia Creek dunnart
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1972
Rediscovered in 1990
IUCN status: Near Threatened
Distribution
Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
"Ecology: terrestrial, predtor; (riparian grassland)."
(Mahoney & Ride, 1988:29)
Hypodigm
Prior to rediscovery:
"Known from four museum specimens, collected in about 1911 (one), the 1930s (two) 1972 (one), from the vicinity of Julia Creek and Richmond (Qld)." (Maxwell et al., 1996)
Holotype: QM J5173 (female in spirits; plus skull) (Mahoney & Ride, 1988:29)
Type locality: "Julia Creek, watershed of the Cloncurry River, N central Qld. 20°40'S, 141°40'E" (Mahoney & Ride, 1988:29)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Archer, M. (1979). Two new species of Sminthopsis Thomas (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia) from northern Australia, S. butleri and S. douglasi. Australian Zoologist 20(3): 327-345.
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