Subspecies and Distribution. M.l.longicaudaPeters&Doria,1876—ArfakMts,inEBird'sHead(=Vogelkop)Peninsula,NWNewGuinea. M.l.dorsalisThomas,1922—WCNewGuinea(WsectionofCentralRange). M.l.magnusLaurie,1952—SENewGuinea. M. l. ornatus Thomas, 1904 — EC New Guinea (E section of Central Range). in Peramelidae

Subspecies and Distribution. M.l.longicaudaPeters&Doria,1876—ArfakMts,inEBird'sHead(=Vogelkop)Peninsula,NWNewGuinea. M.l.dorsalisThomas,1922—WCNewGuinea(WsectionofCentralRange). M.l.magnusLaurie,1952—SENewGuinea. M. l. ornatus Thomas, 1904 — EC New Guinea (E section of Central Range).Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Peramelidae, pp. 362-398 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 397, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.662174