Planigale
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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:
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. It is the only genus in the Planigalini tribe of the subfamily Sminthopsinae
Sminthopsinae
- Classification :* Subfamily Sminthopsinae** Tribe Sminthopsini*** Genus Antechinomys**** Kultarr, Antechinomys laniger*** Genus Ningaui**** Wongai Ningaui, Ningaui ridei**** Pilbara Ningaui, Ningaui timealeyi...
. There are five species:
- Paucident PlanigalePaucident PlanigaleThe Paucident Planigale , also known as Giles' Planigale, is a very small species of carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.-Taxonomy:...
, Planigale gilesi - Long-tailed PlanigaleLong-tailed PlanigaleThe Long-tailed Planigale , also known as Ingram's Planigale or the Northern Planigale, is the smallest of all marsupials, and one of the smallest of all mammals...
, Planigale ingrami - Common Planigale, Planigale maculata
- New Guinean PlanigaleNew Guinean PlanigaleThe New Guinean Planigale , also known as the Papuan Planigale, is a species of small marsupial carnivore native to the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea....
, Planigale novaeguineae - Narrow-nosed PlanigaleNarrow-nosed PlanigaleThe Narrow-nosed Planigale is a species of very small marsupial carnivore of the family Dasyuridae.-Taxonomy:The Narrow-nosed Planigale was described by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton in 1928, separating it from the Common Planigale with which it had previously been associated...
, Planigale tenuirostris