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Genus Tarsipes Gervais & Verreaux, 1842

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Genus Tarsipes Gervais & Verreaux, 1842

  • Tarsipes Gervais, P. & Verreaux, J. 1842. Nouveau genre de Didelphe. l'Institut, Journal Universel des Sciences et des Sociétés Savantes en France et à l'Étranger. 1ère Section. Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles. No. 427. 75-76 pp. [publication date established from Mahoney, J.A. 1981. The specific name of the honey possum (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae: Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842). Australian Mammalogy 4: 135–138] [75].
    Type species:
     Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842 by monotypy.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Mahoney, J.A. 1981. The specific name of the honey possum (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae: Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842). Australian Mammalogy 4: 135-138.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)