After Archer, 1982, 1984, and Wroe, 1999, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
Alternative phylogeny (molecular) after Krajewski, Wroe & Westerman, 2000
<==o Sminthopsinae Archer, 1982 |--o Planigale Thoughton, 1928 (flat-skulled marsupial “mice”; planigales) | |--o P. maculata (Gould, 1851) Archer, 1976 (common or coastal planigale) | | |-- P. m. sinualis | | `-- P. m. maculata | |-- P. novaeguineae Tate & Archbold, 1941 (papuan planigale) | |-- P. ingrami (Thomas, 1906) [Phascogale ingrami Thomas, 1906] (longtailed or northern planigale) | |-- P. tenuirostris Troughton, 1928 (narrow-nosed planigale) | `-- P. gilesi Aitken, 1972 (paucident planigale) `--+--o Ningaui Archer, 1975 (ningauis) | |-- N. timealeyi Archer, 1975 (pilbor ningaui) | `--+-- N. yvonnae Kitchener et al., 1983 | `-- N. ridei Archer, 1975 (wongai ningaui) `--+--o Antechinomys Kreff, 1867 (pussihyppyrotta) | |-- A. spenceri Thomas, 1906 | `-- A. laniger (Gould, 1856) (kultarr; wuhl-wuhl) [=? Caluromys laniger (Desmarest, 1820)] `--o Sminthopsis Thomas, 1887 [Podabrus Gould, 1845 (non Podabrus Fischer de Waldheim, 1821, a genus of cantharine beetles]; Pleist.-R. Aust. |-- †S. floravillensis Archer, 1982a |-- S. aitkeni Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1983 |-- S. archeri van Dyck, 1986 (chestnut dunnart) |-- S. bindi van Dyck, Woinanski & Press, 1984 |-- S. butleri Archer, 1979 (carpentarian dunnart) |-- S. crassicaudata (Gould, 1844) (Gould, 1844) (fat-tailed dunnart; rasvahäntäpussihiiri) |-- S. dolichura Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1983 |-- S. douglasi Archer, 1979 (Julia Creek dunnart; douglasinpussihiiri) |-- S. fuliginosus (Gould, 1852) Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1984b |-- S. gilberti Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1983 (Gilbert's dunnart) |-- S. granulipes Troughton, 1932 (white-tailed or ashygrey dunnart) |-- S. griseoventer Kitchener, Stoddart & Henry, 1983 |-- S. hirtipes Thomas, 1898 (hairy-footed dunnart) |-- S. leucopus (Gray, 1842) (white-footed dunnart; valkojalkapussihiiri) |-- S. longicaudata Spencer, 1909 (long-tailed dunnart; pitkähäntäpussihiiri) |--o S. macroura (Gould, 1845) (stripe-faced dunnart; Darling Downs dunnart; Larapinta) | |-- S. m. macroura | `-- S. m. froggatti |-- S. monticola Throughton, 1965 |--o S. murina (Waterhouse, 1838) (common dunnart; pikkupussihiiri) | |-- S. m. murina (Waterhouse, 1838) | |-- S. m. constricta | `-- S. m. tater Throughton, 1965 |-- S. ooldea Throughton, 1965 [ssp. => S. murina?] (ooldea dunnart) |-- S. psammophila Spencer, 1895 (sandhill dunnart; hietapussihiiri) |-- S. virginiae (de Tarragon, 1847) (red-cheeked dunnart) `-- S. youngsoni McKenzie & Archer, 1982 (lesser hairy-footed dunnart)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Krajewski, C., Wroe, S. & Westerman, M., 2000: Molecular evidence for the pattern and timing of cladogenesis in dasyrid marsupials.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: vol. 130, #3?, pp. 375-404. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Wroe, S., 1999: The geologically oldest dasyurid, from the Miocene of Riversleigh, north-west Queensland.
–Palaeontology: Vol. 42, #3, pp. 501-527
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.