Sminthopsis butteri Archer, 1979 . Aust. Zool., 20(2):329.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, Kalumburu (14°15'S, 126°40'E) .

DISTRIBUTION: In Australia known only from the type locality; also in Papua New Guinea.

COMMENTS: Name first mentioned by Kirsch (1977:47), but first made available by Archer (1979).