taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B5FD061916FF84A3CCFAE8FDFBFC3E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: RMNH 25750 a. Mounted skin and front portion of skull of adult male. Melanistic specimen. Collected in 1828 by S. Müller at Lobo, Triton Bay, 03 ° 45 ' S 134 ° 05 ' E. Lectotype designation. Synonym: Phascogale thorbeckiana Schlegel, 1866. Syntypes RMNH 25749 c (mounted skin and skull of adult male), RMNH 25749 d (skin of adult female) collected in 1865 by H. A. Bernstein on Salawati Island, 01 ° 05 ' S 130 ° 53 ' E. I herein designate the more complete specimen RMNH 25749 c as the LECTOTYPE, and RMNH 25749 d as the PARALECTOTYPE, of Phascogale thorbeckiana Schlegel. Tate (1947) listed four “ cotypes ” for Phascogale thorbeckiana and attributes all four to Bernstein; the extra two specimens were collected by D. S. Hoedt on Salawati Island in 1867 and are not registered as types. Phascogale bruijnii Peters, 1875. Holotype MCG 590 (skin and partial skull of adult male) collected in 1874 by A. A. Bruijn, at Andai, Arfak Mountains, 00 ° 51 ' S 134 ° 01 ' E. Tate (1947) listed MCG 3904 as a cotype of Phascogale bruijnii; however, as noted by van der Feen (1962), MCG 3904 was not collected until after the description of bruijnii and could not have been used for the description. Phascogale melas senex Stein, 1932. Holotype ZM 44226. Skin and skull of adult male collected in 1931 by G. Stein at Kunupi, Weyland Range, 03 ° 52 ' S 135 ° 31 ' E. Phascogale melas bürgersi Stein, 1932. Holotype ZM 20355. Skin and skull of adult, sex unknown, collected in 1913 by J. Bürgers at Meanderberg, April River, 04 ° 00 ' S 141 ° 45 ' E.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061916FF84A3CCFAE8FDFBFC3E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Widely distributed in the north of mainland New Guinea and on Salawati, Waigeo and Japen Islands. Altitude records range from 3 – 1800 m.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061916FF84A3CCFAE8FDFBFC3E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Myoictis melas differs from other species of Myoictis in having a well haired, tapering tail with a dorsal crest.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061916FF84A3CCFAE8FDFBFC3E.taxon	description	Description. Coat colour is variable. A small number of specimens are melanistic. The majority are brightly coloured with either whitish or reddish hairs between the black dorsal stripes, and they have bright reddish patches on the nape and behind the ears. Body dimensions can be found in Table 2. The first interdigital and thenar footpads may be either fused or not fused. The posterior palatal foramina are small and P 3 is absent. Females have six nipples.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A117FC63FD29F915.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype BM 58.2. 20.1. Skin and skull of juvenile male. Back of skull damaged, M 2 and M 3 erupted. Collected in 1857 by A. R. Wallace on the Aru Islands, 06 ° 00 ' S 134 ° 30 ' E. Lectotype designation. Synonym: Phascogale pilicauda Peters & Doria, 1881. SYNTYPES: MCG 3922 (skin and skull of adult female) and ZM 5680 (skin with tip of tail missing and skull of adult female). Both collected by L. M. D’Albertis near the Fly River, 08 ° 25 ' S 143 ° 10 ' E. I herein designate the better preserved specimen MCG 3992 as the LECTOTYPE, and ZM 5680 as the PARALECTOTYPE, of Phascogale pilicauda Peters & Doria.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A117FC63FD29F915.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Aru Islands and southern mainland New Guinea from Merauke in the west to Avera (Avela), Aroa River in the east. Altitude records range from <30 to 923 m.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A117FC63FD29F915.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Myoictis wallacei differs from other species of Myoictis in having a bushy, reddish-haired tail.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A117FC63FD29F915.taxon	description	Description. The general coat colour is a rusty brown, somewhat lighter on the head and tail. The median dorsal stripe is faint on the head. Body dimensions can be found in Table 2. The first interdigital and thenar footpads are generally not fused. The posterior palatal foramina are large, and P 3 is double rooted. Females have six nipples.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A10EF909FA30FED0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: MCZ 28082. Skin and skull of adult male. Collected in 1932 by H. Stevens at Wau, 07 ° 20 ' S 146 ° 43 ' E.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A10EF909FA30FED0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Northern side of the central mountain ranges in the vicinity of Wau, Papua New Guinea. Altitude records range from 975 – 1810 m.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A10EF909FA30FED0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Myoictis wavicus differs from other species of Myoictis in having a short-haired tail.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF84A10EF909FA30FED0.taxon	description	Description. The general coat colour is grey-brown with lighter hairs between the black dorsal stripes. Body dimensions can be found in Table 2. The first interdigital and thenar footpads are fused. The posterior palatal foramina are large, and P 3 is single rooted. Females have four nipples.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF87A3CDFE30FE81FAAB.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. HOLOTYPE AM 17122. Skin and skull of adult male. Collected in 1985 by K. Aplin at Agofia, Mt Sisa (Haliago), Papua New Guinea, 06 ° 17 ' S 142 ° 45 ' E, 650 m. The tip of tail has been damaged in preparation of the skin (white portion reduced in length from 9 mm, when the specimen was first examined in spirit, to 5 mm on the prepared skin). PARATYPE AM 17091, adult female in alcohol, skull extracted, collected in 1985 by K. Aplin at Namosado, Mt Sisa (Haliago), 06 ° 15 ' S 142 ° 47 ' E, 750 – 1000 m.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF87A3CDFE30FE81FAAB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern side of the central mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea from Mt Bosavi in the west to Mt Victoria / Vanapa R. in the east. Altitude records range from 650 to 1600 m.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF87A3CDFE30FE81FAAB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Myoictis leucura differs from other species of Myoictis in having a white-tipped tail with long hairs on the top and sides of the tail, the hairs decreasing in length towards the tip.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF87A3CDFE30FE81FAAB.taxon	description	Description. The external appearance of the holotype is similar to the specimen shown in Fig. 3 c except that the portion of the tail that is white is shorter. The general coat colour is a dark reddish brown above, with brighter, reddish hairs between the black dorsal stripes, and lighter below. The dorsal stripes extend from behind the ears to the rump, and the median stripe extends forward on the head. Red auricular patches are absent. The ears and feet are dark. The first interdigital and thenar footpads are generally not fused. Body dimensions can be found in Table 2. The posterior palatal foramina are large, and P 3 is single rooted. Females have four nipples. Comparison with other species. Differences between Myoictis leucura and other species are summarized in Table 2. Myoictis leucura can be distinguished from M. wallacei, M. wavicus and M. melas by the form of the tail. Myoictis leucura is larger than M. wavicus but similar in size to M. wallacei and M. melas with respect to mass, head-body length, foot length, basicranial length and length of the lower molar tooth row. The females of M. leucura (and M. wavicus) differ from M. wallacei and M. melas in having four rather than six nipples. Myoictis leucura can be distinguished from M. melas by the larger size of the posterior palatal foramina and by the presence of the third lower premolar tooth. Myoictis leucura can be distinguished from both M. wallacei and M. melas by the upper premolar tooth row gradient, and from M. wallacei in having a single rooted, as opposed to a double rooted, lower third premolar tooth. Differences in coat colour between the species are described earlier.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
03B5FD061917FF87A3CDFE30FE81FAAB.taxon	discussion	Comments Observed differences in coat colour, which led to the present study, are useful for recognition of three species, M. wallacei, M. leucura, and M. wavicus, but not the fourth, M. melas. There is little variation in colour in the specimens assigned to each of the first three species but the specimens assigned to melas show a variety of coat colours. In comparison with melas, the other three species (wallacei, leucura and wavicus) have more restricted ranges. Collection of new material and further study of specimens from within the large geographic range of melas may reveal the existence of other forms within this species. The four species recognized show no overlap in range but more intensive collecting may alter this situation. The differences “ in the hand ” between the four, together with the experience of the author in the captive breeding of many species of dasyurid marsupials, suggest that interbreeding would not occur even if the ranges were found to overlap. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The assistance provided by all the keepers of the Museum collections examined in the course of this study, and for loans of specimens, is gratefully acknowledged. Financial assistance was provided by the Australian Research Grants Scheme (Grant D 18315743). Ken Aplin encouraged me to prepare this work for publication. Ann Datta and Susan Snell (British Museum, Natural History) are thanked for assistance with archival material; Peter Dwyer for access to unpublished information; Seamus Ward, Jennifer Cheney and Pamela Conder for translation of foreign language papers; Trevor Phillips for preparation of the distribution map, photographs of tails and some skulls; Anthony Hutchison for preparation of X-ray images; Gary Poore (Museum of Victoria) for identification of the shrimps; David Walsh for photographing some skulls, the live animals and Museum skins; James Menzies for provision of photographs of specimen no. 96; Steve Donnellan for the photograph of specimen no. 22, and Soula Vouyoucalos (Western Australian Museum) for photographs of the skull of specimen no. 131. David Ride kindly provided advice on the rules of The Code of Zoological Nomenclature. James Menzies and Ken Aplin provided constructive criticism of an earlier version of the manuscript.	en	Woolley, P. A. (2005): Revision of the Three-striped Dasyures, Genus Myoictis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), of New Guinea, With Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 321-340, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1450, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/woolley-2005-rec-aust-mus-573-321340/
