Order Dasyuromorphia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 29 37 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353066 1-56098-217-9 7353066 Phascogale calura Gould, 1844 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844:104 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , Western Australia , Williams River, Military Station . DISTRIBUTION: Inland SW Western Australia , formerly in Northern Territory , South Australia , NW Victoria , SW New South Wales , but probably extinct in all places except the Western Australia wheat belt. STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate; limited distribution, vulnerable.