Cracking-clay Pilbara planigale

Cracking-clay Pilbara planigale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Genus:	Planigale
Species:	P. tealei
Binomial name
	Planigale tealei; Aplin, Cooper, Travouillon & Umbrello, 2023

The cracking-clay Pilbara planigale (Planigale tealei), formerly known as Planigale sp. Mt Tom Price,^[1]^[2] is a species of planigale first described in 2023.^[3] It is one of the smallest planigales, making it one of the smallest of all marsupials and mammals. The cracking-clay Pilbara planigale lives in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where it co-occurs with the similar and also newly recognised orange-headed Pilbara planigale (P. kendricki). Both species had historically been mistaken for either the common planigale (P. maculata), or long-tailed planigale (P. ingrami); neither of which are now known to occur in the Pilbara.

^ Westerman, Michael; Blacket, Mark J.; Hintz, Ashley; Armstrong, Kyle; Woolley, Patricia A.; Krajewski, Carey (2016). "A plethora of planigales: genetic variability and cryptic species in a genus of dasyurid marsupials from northern Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 64 (5): 303. doi:10.1071/zo16052. ISSN 0004-959X. S2CID 91039804.
^ Umbrello, Linette S.; Didham, Raphael K.; How, Ric A.; Huey, Joel A. (2020-08-20). "Multi-Species Phylogeography of Arid-Zone Sminthopsinae (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) Reveals Evidence of Refugia and Population Expansion in Response to Quaternary Change". Genes. 11 (9): 963. doi:10.3390/genes11090963. ISSN 2073-4425. PMC 7563968. PMID 32825338.
^ UMBRELLO, LINETTE S.; COOPER, NORAH K.; ADAMS, MARK; TRAVOUILLON, KENNY J.; BAKER, ANDREW M.; WESTERMAN, MIKE; APLIN, KEN P. (2023-08-14). "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. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 38220885.

[1] Westerman, Michael; Blacket, Mark J.; Hintz, Ashley; Armstrong, Kyle; Woolley, Patricia A.; Krajewski, Carey (2016). "A plethora of planigales: genetic variability and cryptic species in a genus of dasyurid marsupials from northern Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 64 (5): 303. doi:10.1071/zo16052. ISSN 0004-959X. S2CID 91039804.

[2] Umbrello, Linette S.; Didham, Raphael K.; How, Ric A.; Huey, Joel A. (2020-08-20). "Multi-Species Phylogeography of Arid-Zone Sminthopsinae (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) Reveals Evidence of Refugia and Population Expansion in Response to Quaternary Change". Genes. 11 (9): 963. doi:10.3390/genes11090963. ISSN 2073-4425. PMC 7563968. PMID 32825338.

[UMBRELLO-2023-3] UMBRELLO, LINETTE S.; COOPER, NORAH K.; ADAMS, MARK; TRAVOUILLON, KENNY J.; BAKER, ANDREW M.; WESTERMAN, MIKE; APLIN, KEN P. (2023-08-14). "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. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 38220885.

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