Narrow-nosed planigale: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the narrow-nosed planigale lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Planigale tenuirostris
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the narrow-nosed planigale live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the narrow-nosed planigale in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the narrow-nosed planigale endangered?

The narrow-nosed planigale’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the narrow-nosed planigale?

The narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Planigale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the narrow-nosed planigale

The narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris) is a small Australian carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.

The narrow-nosed planigale was described by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton in 1928, separating it from the common planigale (P. maculata) with which it had previously been associated.

The scientific name for the species means "slender-snouted flat-weasel".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Narrow-nosed planigale (revision 1353485449), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194119 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).