Paucident Planigale

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Paucident Planigale[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Planigale
Species: P. gilesi
Binomial name
Planigale gilesi
Aitken, 1972

The Paucident Planigale (Planigale gilesi), also known as Giles' Planigale, is a very small species of carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is found in arid inland areas from Lake Eyre, South Australia, to Moree, New South Wales, and from Mildura, Victoria, to the southwestern Northern Territory.[3]

The Paucident Planigale differs from other planigales in its plain grey colouring and its two premolars in each tooth row (all other planigales have three).[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 36. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Planigale gilesi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
  3. ^ a b Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 64. 

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