Sminthopsis ooldea Troughton, 1965 . Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1964, 89:316.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, South Australia, Ooldea .

DISTRIBUTION: Edge of Nullarbor Plain (South Australia); Western Australia; S. Northern Territory.

COMMENT: Originally described as a subspecies of murina, but considered a distinct species by Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:15; Archer, 1975, Mem. Queensl. Mus., 17(2):243.