
%0 Journal Article
%A Dyck, S. Van 
%T Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in north Queensland rainforest.
%J Australian Mammalogy
%D 1985/01/01
%V 8
%N 1
%P 53-60
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AM85003
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM85003 
%X Until recently Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842) was known from temperate southeastern Australia. The collection of two S. leucopus from montane tropical Queensland produces a 2100 km gap between tropical and temperate ranges. Minor cranial and dental differences between northern and southern specimens include smaller bullae, longer molar rows, bulkier premolars and widely-rooted upper incisors. The presence of S. leucopus in rainforest refugia may support the view that ancestral Sminthopsis was adapted to non-arid environments. 
