Authority citation: Thomas, O. 1904. On a collection of mammals made by Mr J.T. Tunney in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of South Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11:222-229.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858955
Original name as described: Phascogale penicillata pirata
Nominal names: pirata O. Thomas, 1904
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Marsupialia -- Order: Dasyuromorphia -- Family: Dasyuridae -- Subfamily: Phascogalinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.3.100
Type locality: South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Australia (AUS)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
Species-specific notes: split from P. tapoatafa
Citation: Aplin, K. P., Rhind, S. G., Ten Have, J., & Chesser, R. T. (2015). Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793)(Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a ‘Top End'endemic. Zootaxa, 4055(1), 1-73.
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