Long-tailed Planigale potted specimen
Maker
Frederic Wood Jones (b.1879, d.1954)
Date
Circa 1930-1937
Description
Specimen of a Long-tailed Planigale (Planigale ingrami). The jar bears the description, 'PH. INGRAMI' - referring to a superceded genus name for this animal, 'Phascogale' into which this species was initially placed, by Oldfield Thomas in 1906. The genus Planigale was created for this animal in 1928. The specimen is preserved in fluid and contained in a rectangular, glass battery jar. The Long-tailed Planigale is a small, carnivorous marsupial that inhabits varied habitats in Australia's Top End. It is the smallest of all marsupials, and one of the smallest of all mammals.
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