Planigale
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| Planigales | |
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| Common Planigales | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Subfamily: | Sminthopsinae |
| Tribe: | Planigalini Archer, 1982 |
| Genus: | Planigale Troughton, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Planigale brunneus Troughton, 1928 (= Phascogale ingrami Thomas, 1906) | |
| Species | |
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The genus Planigale are small carnivorous marsupials found in Australia and New Guinea. It is the only genus in the Planigalini tribe of the subfamily Sminthopsinae. There are five species:
- Paucident planigale, Planigale gilesi
- Long-tailed planigale, Planigale ingrami
- Common planigale, Planigale maculata
- New Guinean planigale, Planigale novaeguineae
- Narrow-nosed planigale, Planigale tenuirostris
References
- Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 36–37. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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