| Orange-headed Pilbara planigale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Planigale |
| Species: | P. kendricki
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| Binomial name | |
| Planigale kendricki Aplin, Cooper, Travouillon & Umbrello, 2023
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The orange-headed Pilbara planigale (Planigale kendricki), formerly known as Planigale 1,[1][2] is a species of planigale first described in 2023,[3] and is one of the smallest of all mammals. The orange-headed Pilbara planigale lives in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where it co-occurs with the similar and also newly recognised cracking-clay Pilbara planigale (P. tealei).[3] 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.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.