paucident planigale

plural paucident planigales

1. Planigale gilesi, a very small species of carnivorous marsupial endemic to desert areas of southern and eastern Australia.

   The dasyurids examined were the Paucident Planigale, Planigale gilesi, and the Kowari,[…].

   1982, Michael Archer, Carnivorous Marsupials, Volume 1, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, page 255

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   The Paucident Planigale is a robust marsupial. Its head and body are 6-8 cm long. It has only two premolar teeth in each upper and lower jaw, instead of three as the other four planigales have. The Paucident Planigale has soft, dense, colourful fur.

   1983, Keith Davey, “Our Arid Environment: Animals of Australia's Desert Regions”, in Reed, page 92

   However, for small cryptic species such as the southern ningaui Ningaui yvonneae, narrow-nosed planigale Planigale tenuirostris and paucident planigale P. gilesi, range extensions are probably more apparent than real[…].

   1994, Daniel Lunney, Future of the Fauna of Western New South Wales, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, page 86

   Synonyms: Giles' planigale