Species Sminthopsis ooldea Troughton, 1965

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sminthopsis murina ooldea Troughton, E. le G. 1965. A review of the marsupial genus Sminthopsis (Phascogalinae) and diagnoses of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89: 307-321 [316].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M7502 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, Ooldea, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Archer, M. 1981. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 104 Systematic revision of the marsupial dasyurid genus Sminthopsis Thomas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 168: 61-224 [108]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Hummock grassland, insectivorous, low open woodland, low shrubland, nocturnal, open scrub, tall open shrubland, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandridges, taken from shallow burrow and hollow log.

General References

Archer, M. 1981. Systematic revision of the dasyurid marsupial genus Sminthopsis Thomas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 18: 61-224

Aslin, H.J. 1983. Reproduction in Sminthopsis ooldea (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 6: 93-95

Aslin, H.J. 1995. Ooldea Dunnart Sminthopsis ooldea. pp. 152-153 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Baverstock, P.R., Adams, M. & Archer, M. 1984. Electrophoretic resolution of species boundaries in the Sminthopsis murina complex (Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 823-832 [Dec. 1984]

Calver, M.C., King, D.R., Gardner, J.L. & Martin, G.R. 1991. Total food consumption of some native Australian small mammals in the laboratory. Australian Mammalogy 14: 139-141

Robinson, A.C., Copely, P.B., Canty, P.D., Baker, L.M. & Nesbitt, B.J. 2003. A Biological Survey of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands, South Australia. South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage, Adelaide.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Ooldea Dunnart)

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