Myoictis leucura Woolley, 2005a

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 308-309

Myoictis leucura Woolley, 2005a

Rec. Aust. Mus. 57(3): 334, figs 4b, 4g, 6b, 7b, 7h, table 2. (30 November 2005).

Common name. Woolley’s Three-striped Dasyure.

Current name. Myoictis leucura Woolley, 2005a ; following Woolley (2005a).

Holotype. M.17122 by original designation. Male adult, Field no. U57, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc., tongue (dry), collected [8 November] 1985 by K. Aplin; registered 3 November 1986.

Condition. Cranium in good condition, missing dorsal crest of left zygomatic arch; dentaries complete. Study skin in good condition: ear tips torn, bald patches on the ventral surface near the base of front limbs, bald patch on left side of abdomen, two bald patches on right hind leg.

Type locality. Agofia , [Papuan Plateau southwest of] Mt Sisa (Haliago), Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (06°17'S 142°45'E, alt. 650 m) .

Paratype. M.17091 by original designation. Adult female, Field no. N42, skull, body in alc., Namosado, Mt Sisa (Haliago) (06°15'S 142°47'E, alt. 750–1000 m), collected on [27 November] 1985 by K. Aplin .

Comments. Description based on two specimens. Tissue samples of the holotype and paratype were included in the assessment of genetic lineages within Myoictis by Westerman et al. (2006).