Sminthopsis aitkeni

Sminthopsis aitkeni

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Sminthopsinae
Tribus: Sminthopsini
Genus: Sminthopsis
Species: Sminthopsis aitkeni

Name

Sminthopsis aitkeni Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984: 230

• Holotype: SAMA M7664, adult ♂, skull and dentaries, bofy in alcohol, collected by P. Tiggerman on 29 April 1969.
• Type locality: “'Section 146 Hundreds of Cassini, Kangaroo Island South Australia' (35°35'S, 137°19'E)”.

References

Primary references

• Kitchener, D.J., Stoddart, J.A. & Henry, J. 1984. A Taxonomic Revision of the Sminthopsis murina Complex (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) in Australia, including Descriptions of Four New Species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(3): 201–248.

Vernacular names

English: Kangaroo Island Dunnart
español: Ratón marsupial de la Isla Canguro

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