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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in north Queensland rainforest.

S. Van Dyck

Australian Mammalogy 8(1) 53 - 60
Published: 1985

Abstract

Until recently Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842) was known from temperate southeastern Australia. The collection of two S. leucopus from montane tropical Queensland produces a 2100 km gap between tropical and temperate ranges. Minor cranial and dental differences between northern and southern specimens include smaller bullae, longer molar rows, bulkier premolars and widely-rooted upper incisors. The presence of S. leucopus in rainforest refugia may support the view that ancestral Sminthopsis was adapted to non-arid environments.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AM85003

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