Antechinomys longicaudata (Spencer, 1909:449)
Long-tailed dunnart, Long-tailed sminthopsis
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Sminthopsis longicaudatus Spencer, 1909:449 (protonym); Sminthopsis longicaudata Spencer, 1909:449 (basionym)
Transferred from the original genus Sminthopsis to Antechinomys by (Westerman et al., 2023).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1935
Rediscovered in 1976 (dead specimen); 1981 (living specimen) (Young, 1981)
IUCN RedList status: Least Concern
Distribution
Northern Territory & Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
"Ecology: tall open shrubland, hummock grassland, terrestrial, nocturnal, predator; rocky places."
(Mahoney & Ride, 1988:31)
Hypodigm
Holotype: NMV C7803 (male spirit specimen; plus skull) (Mahoney & Ride, 1988:31)
Type locality: "Pilbara and the desert to the east, W.A." (Mahoney & Ride, 1988:31)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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