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{{Short description|Genus of marsupials}}
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| name = Ningauis<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 27}}</ref>
| name = Ningauis<ref name="msw3" />
| image =
| image = Southern ningaui captured in the Middleback Ranges.jpg
| image_caption =
| image_caption =Southern ningaui
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| display_parents = 2
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| taxon = Ningaui
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| authority = [[Mike Archer (biologist)|Archer]], 1975
| infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]]
| ordo = [[Dasyuromorphia]]
| familia = [[Dasyuridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Sminthopsinae]]
| tribus = [[Sminthopsini]]
| genus = '''''Ningaui'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Mike Archer (biologist)|Archer]], 1975
| type_species = ''[[Ningaui timealeyi]]''
| type_species = ''[[Ningaui timealeyi]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Mike Archer (biologist)|Archer]], 1975
| type_species_authority = [[Mike Archer (biologist)|Archer]], 1975<ref name="Archer1975" />
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
* ''[[Wongai Ningaui|N. ridei]]''
* ''[[Ningaui ridei|N. ridei]]''
* ''[[Pilbara Ningaui|N. timealeyi]]''
* ''[[Ningaui timealeyi|N. timealeyi]]''
* ''[[Southern Ningaui|N. yvonneae]]''}}
* ''[[Ningaui yvonneae|N. yvonneae]]''
}}


'''Ningauis''', members of the genus '''''Ningaui''''', are small members of the [[dasyurid]] family. Along with the [[planigale]]s, they are among the smallest [[marsupials]]. They are related to the [[dunnarts]] and are restricted to [[arid]] regions of [[Australia]].<ref name=Menkhorst>{{cite book | last = Menkhorst | first = Peter | year = 2001 | title = A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia | publisher = Oxford University Press | page = 62}}</ref>
'''''Ningaui''''' is a genus of small species of the marsupial [[dasyurid]] family. Along with the [[planigale]]s, they are among the smallest [[marsupials]].


== Taxonomy ==
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All ningauis are [[nocturnal]] hunters of [[invertebrates]]. In appearance they resemble [[mouse|mice]] or similar small [[rodent]]s, but can be distinguished by their pointed snouts. The genus ''Ningaui'' was one of the last of the Australian [[marsupial]] genera to be erected; this occurred with the surprise discovery of the [[Wongai Ningaui]] (''N. ridei'') and the [[Pilbara Ningaui]] (''N. timealeyi'') in 1975.<ref name=Menkhorst/>
The genus was established in 1975 to accommodate two newly described species of [[dasyurid]]s, the type species ''[[Ningaui timealeyi]]'' and ''[[Ningaui ridei]]''. The author, [[Mike Archer (paleontologist)|Mike Archer]], compared his specimens to those of ''[[Sminthopsis]]'' (the dunnarts), distinguishing the new taxon by the structure of the skull, the hindfoot, features of dentition and their smaller size, morphology that was presumed to be specialisations to a more arid environment. The author provided a diagnosis of two species that distinguished the populations by further details of cranial and dental characters.
Archer notes the tentative alliance of the species to the genus ''[[Planigale]]'' by [[W. D. L. Ride]] in 1970, and provided a new definition of that genus to separate the new taxa.<ref name="Archer1975" />


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The three species of the genus are:<ref name="msw3" />
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The name "ningaui" refers to a creature from [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal]] myth.<ref name=Strahan>{{Cite book|last=McKenzie|first=N.L.|last2=Dickman|first2=C.R.|contribution=Wongai Ningaui|title=The Mammals of Australia|editor-last=Strahan|editor-first=Ronald|publisher=Reed Books|year=1995|pages=116–117|isbn=0-7301-0484-2|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
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* [[Wongai ningaui]], ''Ningaui ridei''
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* [[Pilbara ningaui]], ''Ningaui timealeyi''
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* [[Southern ningaui]], ''Ningaui yvonneae''


The name "ningaui" refers to a creature from [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal]] myth.<ref name="Strahan" />
==Species==
Archer refers to a published story of minute hairy creatures that emerged at night and ate their food uncooked, as an apt description the new genus.<ref name="Archer1975" />
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The three species of ningaui are:<ref name=msw3/>

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* [[Wongai Ningaui]], ''Ningaui ridei''
== Description ==
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* [[Pilbara Ningaui]], ''Ningaui timealeyi''
A genus of [[Dasyuridae]]. The tails of the species are all thin and lack any crest of brush-like fur, and equal to or greater in length than the head-body measurement.<ref name="Archer1975" />
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* [[Southern Ningaui]], ''Ningaui yvonneae''

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All ningaui are [[nocturnal]] hunters of [[invertebrates]]. In appearance they resemble [[mouse|mice]] or similar small [[rodent]]s, but can be distinguished by their pointed snouts. The genus ''Ningaui'' was one of the last of the Australian [[marsupial]] genera to be erected; this occurred with the surprise discovery of the [[Wongai ningaui]] (''N. ridei'') and the [[Pilbara ningaui]] (''N. timealeyi'') in 1975.<ref name="Menkhorst" />

All species are found in Australia and restricted to arid regions of the south coast, central deserts and northwest of the continent.<ref name="Menkhorst2011">{{cite book |last1=Menkhorst |first1=P.W. |last2=Knight |first2=F. |author-link1=Peter Menkhorst |author2-link=Frank Knight |title=A field guide to the mammals of Australia |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Melbourne |isbn=9780195573954 |page=66 |edition=3rd}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Archer1975">{{cite journal |last1=Archer |first1=M. |title=Ningaui, a new genus of tiny dasyurids (Marsupialia) and two new species, ''N. timealeyi'' and ''N. ridei'', from arid Western Australia |journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum |date=1975 |volume=17 |pages=237–249 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/157089}}</ref>
<ref name="Menkhorst">{{cite book | last = Menkhorst | first = Peter | year = 2001 | title = A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia | publisher = Oxford University Press | page = 62}}</ref>
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<ref name="msw3">{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 27}}</ref>
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<ref name="Strahan">{{Cite book|last1=McKenzie|first1=N.L.|last2=Dickman|first2=C.R.|contribution=Wongai Ningaui|title=The Mammals of Australia|editor-last=Strahan|editor-first=Ronald|publisher=Reed Books|year=1995|pages=116–117|isbn=0-7301-0484-2}}</ref>
}}


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Ningauis[1]
Southern ningaui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Sminthopsinae
Tribe: Sminthopsini
Genus: Ningaui
Archer, 1975
Type species
Ningaui timealeyi
Archer, 1975[2]
Species

Ningaui is a genus of small species of the marsupial dasyurid family. Along with the planigales, they are among the smallest marsupials.

Taxonomy

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The genus was established in 1975 to accommodate two newly described species of dasyurids, the type species Ningaui timealeyi and Ningaui ridei. The author, Mike Archer, compared his specimens to those of Sminthopsis (the dunnarts), distinguishing the new taxon by the structure of the skull, the hindfoot, features of dentition and their smaller size, morphology that was presumed to be specialisations to a more arid environment. The author provided a diagnosis of two species that distinguished the populations by further details of cranial and dental characters. Archer notes the tentative alliance of the species to the genus Planigale by W. D. L. Ride in 1970, and provided a new definition of that genus to separate the new taxa.[2]

The three species of the genus are:[1]

The name "ningaui" refers to a creature from Aboriginal myth.[3] Archer refers to a published story of minute hairy creatures that emerged at night and ate their food uncooked, as an apt description the new genus.[2]

Description

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A genus of Dasyuridae. The tails of the species are all thin and lack any crest of brush-like fur, and equal to or greater in length than the head-body measurement.[2]

All ningaui are nocturnal hunters of invertebrates. In appearance they resemble mice or similar small rodents, but can be distinguished by their pointed snouts. The genus Ningaui was one of the last of the Australian marsupial genera to be erected; this occurred with the surprise discovery of the Wongai ningaui (N. ridei) and the Pilbara ningaui (N. timealeyi) in 1975.[4]

All species are found in Australia and restricted to arid regions of the south coast, central deserts and northwest of the continent.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c d Archer, M. (1975). "Ningaui, a new genus of tiny dasyurids (Marsupialia) and two new species, N. timealeyi and N. ridei, from arid Western Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 17: 237–249.
  3. ^ McKenzie, N.L.; Dickman, C.R. (1995). "Wongai Ningaui". In Strahan, Ronald (ed.). The Mammals of Australia. Reed Books. pp. 116–117. ISBN 0-7301-0484-2.
  4. ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 62.
  5. ^ Menkhorst, P.W.; Knight, F. (2011). A field guide to the mammals of Australia (3rd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780195573954.
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