Narrow-nosed planigale

Narrow-nosed planigale[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Planigale
Species:
P. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Planigale tenuirostris
Troughton, 1928
Narrow-nosed planigale range
Planigale tenuirostris

The narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris) is a small Australian carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.

The narrow-nosed planigale was described by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton in 1928, separating it from the common planigale (P. maculata) with which it had previously been associated.

The scientific name for the species means "slender-snouted flat-weasel".[3]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Ellis, M.; van Weenen, J.; Burnett, S. (2016). "Planigale tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40536A21944763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40536A21944763.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ Read, D. G. (1995). "Narrow-nosed Planigale". In Strahan, Ronald (ed.). The Mammals of Australia. Reed Books. pp. 113–115. ISBN 0-7301-0484-2.