Sminthopsis Thomas, 1887 . Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 2, 4:503.

COMMENT: Includes Antechinomys as a subgenus; formerly considered a valid genus by Archer, 1977, Mem. Queensl. Mus., 18: 17-29, but considered a subgenus by Archer, 1979, Aust. Zool., 20(2):329; see also Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:15. An additional undescribed species has been reported from S. New Guinea and N. Australia; see Archer, 1979, in Tyler, ed., The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife and Waithman, 1979, Aust. Zool., 20(2):313-326. Revised by Archer, 1981.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402002014000000 as Sminthopsis .

5301402002009000000 as Antechinomys .