Planigale

Taxobox
name = Planigales
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Dasyuromorphia
familia = Dasyuridae
subfamilia = Sminthopsinae
tribus = Planigalini
tribus_authority = Archer, 1982
genus = "Planigale"
genus_authority = Troughton, 1928
type_species = " Planigale brunneus"
type_species_authority = Troughton, 1928
(= "Phascogale ingrami" Thomas, 1906)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* " P. gilesi"
* " P. ingrami"
* " P. maculata"
* " P. novaeguineae"
* " P. tenuirostris"

The genus "Planigale" are small carnivorous marsupials found in Australia and New Guinea. It is the only genus in the Planigalini tribe of the subfamily Sminthopsinae. There are five species:

* Paucident Planigale, "Planigale gilesi"
* Long-tailed Planigale, "Planigale ingrami"
* Common Planigale, "Planigale maculata"
* New Guinean Planigale, "Planigale novaeguineae"
* Narrow-nosed Planigale, "Planigale tenuirostris"

References

*MSW3 Groves | pages = 36-37