Subterranean Pilbara Slater
Troglarmadillo
FP-12415
Discoverer: S. Judd (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 12415
Troglarmadillo FP-12415 female, lateral (WAM C65301)
Image: A. Greenhill (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6546Diagnosis
There are numerous undescribed species of Troglarmadillo but the morphological work required to confidently diagnose species in this genus has not been conducted. All species are very likely to be highly range-restricted.
This species is here characterised by its locality. To show conspecificity with specimens from close to the locality, molecular analyses are currently required, but this specimen has not been sequenced.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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