Planigale

Planigale tenuirostris

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 Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Sminthopsinae
Tribus: Planigalini
Genus: Planigale
Species (7): P. gilesi – P. ingrami – P. kendricki – P. maculata – P. novaeguineae – P. tealei – P. tenuirostris

Name

Planigale Troughton, 1928: 282

• Type species: Planigale brunneus Troughton, 1928, by monotypy.

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

Additional references

• Painter, J., Krajewski, C. & Westerman, M. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of the marsupial genus Planigale (Dasyuridae). Journal of Mammalogy 76(2): 406–413. DOI: 10.2307/1382351 Reference page. 
• Umbrello, L.S., Cooper, N.K., Adams, M., Travouillon, K.J., Baker, A.M., Westerman, M. & Aplin, K.P. 2023. Hiding in plain sight: two new species of diminutive marsupial (Dasyuridae: Planigale) from the Pilbara, Australia. Zootaxa 5330(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

español: Ratones marsupiales
svenska: Dvärgpungmöss

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