Interesting Facts
[ Back to top ]
Common Names
[ Back to top ]
Common Names in English:
Brush-Tailed Phascogale, Common Wambenger, Tuan
Description
[ Back to top ]
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
1.4
Forest
- Temperate
Taxonomy
[ Back to top ]
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
)
- (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
(
)
- (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
(
)
- (Simpson, 1970) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Grandorder:
Dasyuromorphia
(
)
- (Gill, 1872) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Dasyuromorphia
(
)
- (Gill, 1872) Aplin & Archer, in Archer, ed., 1987
- Family:
Dasyuridae
(
)
- (Goldfuss, 1820) Waterhouse, 1838
- Subfamily:
Dasyurinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Phascogalini
(
)
- Genus:
Phascogale
(
)
- Temminck, 1824
- Specific name:
tapoatafa
- Subspecies:
tapoatafa
- Scientific name: - Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa
- Subspecies:
tapoatafa
- Specific name:
tapoatafa
- Genus:
Phascogale
(
- Tribe:
Phascogalini
(
- Subfamily:
Dasyurinae
(
- Family:
Dasyuridae
(
- Order:
Dasyuromorphia
(
- Grandorder:
Dasyuromorphia
(
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
(
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
(
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Phascogale tapoatafa (F. Meyer
Similar Species
[ Back to top ]
Members of the genus Phascogale
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. calura (Red-Tailed Phascogale) · P. pirata (Northern Brush-Tailed Phascogale) · P. tapoatafa (Brush-Tailed Phascogale) · P. tapoatafa pirata (Brush-Tailed Phascogale) · P. tapoatafa tapoatafa (Brush-Tailed Phascogale)
More Info
[ Back to top ]
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Notes
[ Back to top ]
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480103
- IUCN ID: 16890
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1019074
