Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Author
Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
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10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
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Myoictis leucura
Woolley, 2005a
Rec. Aust. Mus.
57(3): 334, figs 4b,
4g
, 6b, 7b, 7h, table 2. (
30 November 2005
).
Common name
. Woolley’s Three-striped Dasyure.
Current name
.
Myoictis leucura
Woolley, 2005a
; following
Woolley (2005a)
.
Holotype
. M.17122 by original designation. Male adult, Field no. U57, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc., tongue (dry), collected [8 November] 1985 by K. Aplin; registered
3 November 1986
.
Condition
. Cranium in good condition, missing dorsal crest of left zygomatic arch; dentaries complete. Study skin in good condition: ear tips torn, bald patches on the ventral surface near the base of front limbs, bald patch on left side of abdomen, two bald patches on right hind leg.
Type locality
.
Agofia
, [Papuan Plateau southwest of]
Mt Sisa
(Haliago),
Southern Highlands Province
,
Papua New Guinea
(
06°17'S
142°45'E
, alt.
650 m
)
.
Paratype
. M.17091 by original designation.
Adult
female,
Field
no. N42, skull, body in alc.,
Namosado
,
Mt Sisa
(Haliago) (
06°15'S
142°47'E
, alt.
750–1000 m
), collected on [27 November] 1985 by
K. Aplin
.
Comments
. Description based on
two specimens
. Tissue samples of the
holotype
and
paratype
were included in the assessment of genetic lineages within
Myoictis
by
Westerman
et al
. (2006)
.