Tate's three-striped dasyure

Species of marsupial

Tate's three-striped dasyure
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Myoictis
Species:
M. wavicus
Binomial name
Myoictis wavicus
(Tate, 1947)

The Tate's three-striped dasyure (Myoictis wavicus) is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. This marsupial carnivore lives in New Guinea. It inhabits primary montane forest. Like its congeners, it is thought to be diurnal and largely terrestrial.

Myoictis wavicus was previously considered to be a subspecies of M. melas. It was recently elevated to full species status based on morphological and genetic examinations. It is most closely related to M. leucura.

References

  1. ^ Woolley, P. (2016). "Myoictis wavicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136829A21945185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136829A21945185.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Extant Dasyuromorphia species
Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Dasyurinae
Dasyurini
Dasycercus
(Mulgaras)
  • Southern mulgara (D. archeri)
  • Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi)
  • Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda)
  • Ampurta (D. hilleri)
  • Little mulgara (D. marlowi)
  • Northern mulgara (D. woolleyae
Dasykaluta
  • Little red kaluta (D. rosamondae)
Dasyuroides
  • Kowari (D. byrnei)
Dasyurus
(Quolls)
  • New Guinean quoll (D. albopunctatus)
  • Western quoll (D. geoffroii)
  • Northern quoll (D. hallucatus)
  • Tiger quoll (D. maculatus)
  • Bronze quoll (D. spartacus)
  • Eastern quoll (D. viverrinus)
Myoictis
  • Woolley's three-striped dasyure (M. leucura)
  • Three-striped dasyure (M. melas)
  • Wallace's dasyure (M. wallacii)
  • Tate's three-striped dasyure (M. wavicus)
Neophascogale
  • Speckled dasyure (N. lorentzi)
Parantechinus
  • Dibbler (P. apicalis)
Phascolosorex
(Marsupial shrews)
  • Red-bellied marsupial shrew (P. doriae)
  • Narrow-striped marsupial shrew (P. dorsalis)
Pseudantechinus
(False antechinuses)
  • Sandstone false antechinus (P. bilarni)
  • Fat-tailed false antechinus (P. macdonnellensis)
  • Alexandria false antechinus (P. mimulus)
  • Ningbing false antechinus (P. ningbing)
  • Rory Cooper's false antechinus (P. roryi)
  • Woolley's false antechinus (P. woolleyae)
Sarcophilus
  • Tasmanian devil (S. harrisii)
Phascogalini
Antechinus
  • Tropical antechinus (A. adustus)
  • Agile antechinus (A. agilis)
  • Fawn antechinus (A. bellus)
  • Yellow-footed antechinus (A. flavipes)
  • Atherton antechinus (A. godmani)
  • Cinnamon antechinus (A. leo)
  • Swamp antechinus (A. minimus)
  • Brown antechinus (A. stuartii)
  • Subtropical antechinus (A. subtropicus)
  • Dusky antechinus (A. swainsonii)
Murexia
  • Habbema dasyure (M. habbema)
  • Short-furred dasyure (M. longicaudata)
  • Black-tailed dasyure (M. melanurus)
  • Long-nosed dasyure (M. naso)
  • Broad-striped dasyure (M. rothschildi)
Phascogale
  • Red-tailed phascogale (P. calura)
  • Brush-tailed phascogale (P. tapoatafa)
Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Sminthopsinae
Sminthopsini
Antechinomys
  • Kultarr (A. laniger)
Ningaui
  • Wongai ningaui (N. ridei)
  • Pilbara ningaui (N. timealeyi)
  • Southern ningaui (N. yvonnae)
Sminthopsis
(Dunnarts)
  • S. crassicaudata species-group: Fat-tailed dunnart (S. crassicaudata)
  • S. macroura species-group: Kakadu dunnart (S. bindi)
  • Carpentarian dunnart (S. butleri)
  • Julia Creek dunnart (S. douglasi)
  • Stripe-faced dunnart (S. macroura)
  • Red-cheeked dunnart (S. virginiae)
  • S. granulipes species-group: White-tailed dunnart (S. granulipes)
  • S. griseoventer species-group: Kangaroo Island dunnart (S. aitkeni)
  • Boullanger Island dunnart (S. boullangerensis)
  • Grey-bellied dunnart (S. griseoventer)
  • S. longicaudata species-group: Long-tailed dunnart (S. longicaudata)
  • S. murina species-group: Chestnut dunnart (S. archeri)
  • Little long-tailed dunnart (S. dolichura)
  • Sooty dunnart (S. fulginosus)
  • Gilbert's dunnart (S. gilberti)
  • White-footed dunnart (S. leucopus)
  • Slender-tailed dunnart (S. murina)
  • S. psammophila species-group: Hairy-footed dunnart (S. hirtipes)
  • Ooldea dunnart (S. ooldea)
  • Sandhill dunnart (S. psammophila)
  • Lesser hairy-footed dunnart (S. youngsoni)
Planigalini
Planigale
  • Paucident planigale (P. gilesi)
  • Long-tailed planigale (P. ingrami)
  • Common planigale (P. maculata)
  • New Guinean planigale (P. novaeguineae)
  • Narrow-nosed planigale (P. tenuirostris)
  • Orange-headed Pilbara planigale (P. kendricki)
  • Cracking-clay Pilbara planigale (P. tealei)
Myrmecobius
  • Numbat (M. fasciatus)
Taxon identifiers
Myoictis wavicus