| Planigales | |
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| Common planigales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Subfamily: | Sminthopsinae |
| Tribe: | Planigalini Archer, 1982 |
| Genus: | Planigale Troughton, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Planigale brunneus | |
| Species | |
The genus Planigale are small carnivorous marsupials found in Australia and New Guinea. It is the only genus in the tribe Planigalini of the subfamily Sminthopsinae. The genus has long been known to contain several cryptic species. Of the five Planigale species currently recognized, two (P. ingrami and P. maculata) are known species complexes.[1]
The seven species currently recognized are:
- Paucident planigale, Planigale gilesi
- Long-tailed planigale, Planigale ingrami
- Orange-headed Pilbara planigale, Planigale kendricki[1]
- Common planigale, Planigale maculata
- New Guinean planigale, Planigale novaeguineae
- Cracking-clay Pilbara planigale, Planigale tealei[1]
- Narrow-nosed planigale, Planigale tenuirostris
- ^ a b c Umbrello, L. S.; Cooper, N. K.; et al. (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.