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 Sminthopsis ooldea Troughton, 1965 . Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1964, 89:316 [1965]. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , South Australia , Ooldea . DISTRIBUTION: Edge of Nullarbor Plain ( South Australia ), Western Australia , S Northern Territory . STATUS: Unknown. COMMENTS: Originally described as a subspecies of murino , but considered a distinct species by Archer (1975:243) and Kirsch and Calaby (1977:15) .