Antechinus

Antechinus swainsonii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyuromorphia
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Dasyurinae
Tribus: Phascogalini
Genus: Antechinus
Species (13 + 3†): A. adustus – A. agilis – A. argentus – A. arktos – A. bellus – A. flavipes – A. godmani – A. leo – A. minimus – A. mysticus – A. stuartii – A. subtropicus – A. swainsonii – †A. puteus – †A. yammal – †A. yuna

Name

Antechinus Macleay, 1841: 242

• Type species: Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Macleay, W.S. 1841. Notice of a new genus of Mammalia discovered by J. Stuart, Esq., in New South Wales. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 1 8: 241–243. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dickman, C.R.; Parnaby, H.E.; Crowther, M.S.; King, D.H. 1998: Antechinus agilis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), a new species from the A. stuartii complex in south-eastern Australia. Australian journal of zoology 46(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.1071/ZO97036
• Van Dyck & Crowther 2000: Reassessment of northern representatives of the Antechinus stuartii complex (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): A subtropicus sp. nov. and A. adustus new status. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 611–635.
• Cramb, J.; Hocknull, S. 2010: Two new species of Antechinus Macleay (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia) from mid-Pleistocene cave deposits in eastern central Queensland. Australian mammalogy 32(2): 127–144. DOI: 10.1071/AM09025
• Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus (Thomas) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3613(3): 201–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.3.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

español: Ratones marsupiales dentones
日本語: アンテキヌス

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