Sminthopsis laniger (Gould, 1856) . Mamm. Aust., 1, pl. 33.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, interior New South Wales .

DISTRIBUTION: Western Australia, S Northern Territory, N Victoria, W New South Wales, SW Queensland, N South Australia.

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: spenceri.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Antechinomys; see Archer (1979:329, 1981:187). However, see Lidicker (1983: 1317), who considered Antechinomys a distinct genus. Includes spenceri; see Archer (1977:19).