Myoictis wallacii

J. E. Gray, 1858

Wallace's Three-striped Dasyure

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Dasyurinae
Genus : Myoictis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1858-04-27. List of species of Mammalia sent from the Aru Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace to the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858(1):106-113.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271604

Original name as described

Myoictis Wallacii

Other common names

Wallace's Dasyure

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1858.2.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8afa5d76-38bf-4e99-88ab-55bd0c9f982c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b320777a-3337-497f-8ebf-783d1655f6c0

Type locality

"Aru Island, " New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000155

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Myoictis Wallacii

J. E. Gray, 1858

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wallacii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.2.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8afa5d76-38bf-4e99-88ab-55bd0c9f982c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b320777a-3337-497f-8ebf-783d1655f6c0

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271604

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Myoictis Wallacei

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wallacei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580359

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Stein (1933:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27653)
Tate (1947:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136839/21945028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phascologale (Chaetocercus) pilicauda

(W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1881)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

pilicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG CE 3922

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

668

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29845105

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Phascologale wallacei

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wallacei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986674

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Thomas (1888:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9306)
Trouessart (1905:847, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Myoictis melas wallacei

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

wallacei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635657

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

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