Southern mulgara

Southern mulgara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Dasycercus
Species:
D. archeri
Binomial name
Dasycercus archeri
Newman-Martin & Travouillon, 2023

The southern mulgara (Dasycercus archeri) is a newly described, potentially extinct, species of mulgara.[1] The species is named after Australian palaeontologist Michael Archer,[1] who contributed to many Australian palaeontological and mammalian discoveries.

  1. ^ a b Newman-Martin, Jake; Travouillon, Kenny J.; et al. (2023). "Taxonomic review of the genus Dasycercus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) using modern and subfossil material; and the description of three new species". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47 (4): 624–661. Bibcode:2023Alch...47..624N. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2262083.