Antechinus Macleay 1841 (antechinus)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Parent taxon: Phascogalinae according to C. Krajewski et al. 1992

See also Dawson et al. 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, Van Dyck 2002, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Wroe 1996

Sister taxa: Micromurexia, Murexechinus, Paramurexia, Phascogale, Phascomurexia

Subtaxa: Antechinus adustus Antechinus agilis Antechinus bellus Antechinus flavipes Antechinus godmani Antechinus leo Antechinus minimus Antechinus puteus Antechinus stuartii Antechinus subtropicus Antechinus swainsonii Antechinus yammal Antechinus yuna

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Type: Antechinus stuartii

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (25 collections)

• Pliocene to Holocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (5)

Total: 31 collections including 41 occurrences

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