Phascomurexia naso (Jentink 1911)

[Phascogale] naso Jentink 1911, Notes Leyden Mus., 33: 236.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Jayawijaya Div., Helwig Mtns, south of Mt. Wilhelmina, about 2000 m, 4°32’S, 138°41’E.

Vernacular Names: Long-nosed Dasyure.

Synonyms: Phascomurexia centralis (Tate and Archbold 1941); Phascomurexia misim (Tate 1947); Phascomurexia parva (Laurie 1952); Phascomurexia tafa (Tate and Archbold 1936) .

Distribution: Interior New Guinea, 3°32’S, 139°10’E to 8°35’S, 147°09’E, 1400-2800 m (Van Dyck, 2002).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient as Antechinus naso .

Discussion: Usually included in Antechinus, but reassigned to Murexia by Armstrong et al. (1998) and awarded a separate genus by Van Dyck (2002), who recognised no subspecies.