Species Planigale ingrami (Thomas, 1906)

Museums

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• Phascogale ingrami Thomas, O. 1906. A collection of mammals made by Mr. W. Stalker in the Northern Territory of South Australia, and presented to the National Museum by Sir William Ingram, Bart., and the Hon. John Forrest. Abstracts of Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 32: 6 [May 1906] [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 6.3.9.77 ♂ skin & skull, Buchanan, Alexandria Station, 600 ft, NT [about 19°S 137°E].

  Type locality references:

  Thomas, O. 1906. On mammals from northern Australia presented to the National Museum by Sir Wm. Ingram, Bt., and the Hon. John Forrest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 536-543 pl. 37 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [76]] [536, 541].
• Phascogale subtilissima Lönnberg, E. 1913. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–13. 1. Mammals. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(1): 1-10 [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 2482 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, a plain near Noonkambah, WA.
• Planigale ingrami brunnea Troughton, E. le G. 1928. A new genus, species, and subspecies of marsupial mice (Family Dasyuridae). Records of the Australian Museum 16: 281-288 [282] [as Planigale ingrami brunneus].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M2174 ♀ spirit specimen & skull, Wyangarie, Flinders River, Richmond district, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Archer, M. 1976. Revision of the marsupial genus Planigale Troughton (Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 341-365 pls 43-51 [351]

Generic Combinations

• Planigale ingrami (Thomas, 1906). —
  Archer, M. 1976. Revision of the marsupial genus Planigale Troughton (Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 341-365 pls 43-51

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, nocturnal, predator, shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Habitat generally characterized by cracking clays and earths but includes water courses among rocks and sandy gravel to sandy loam over clay, smallest marsupial.

General References

Andrew, D.L. & Settle, G.A. 1982. Observations on the behaviour of species of Planigale (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with particular reference to the narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris). pp. 311-324 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Archer, M. 1976. Revision of the marsupial genus Planigale Troughton (Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 341-365 pls 43-51

Blacket, M.J., Adams, M., Krajewski, C. & Westerman, M. 2000. Genetic variation within the dasyurid marsupial genus Planigale. Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 443-459

Denny, M.J.S. 1982. Review of Planigale (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) ecology. pp. 131-138 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Painter, J. Krajewski, C. & Westerman, M. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of the marsupial genus Planigale (Dasyuridae). Journal of Mammalogy 76: 406-413

Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. & Redhead, T.D. 1982. Breeding in wild populations of the marsupial mouse Planigale maculata sinualis (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia). pp. 83-87 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Van Dyck, S. 1995. Long-tailed Planigale Planigale ingrami. pp. 110-111 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Long-tailed Planigale)

History of changes