Murexia habbema Tate and Archbold 1941 (Habbema dasyure)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Alternative combinations: Antechinus habbema, Micromurexia habbema

Synonym: Antechinus hageni Laurie 1952

Belongs to Murexia according to P. A. Woolley et al. 2020

See also Van Dyck 2002 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Murexia longicaudata, Murexia melanurus, Murexia naso, Murexia rothschildi

Type specimens:

  • Murexia habbema: AMNH 109812, an other (pelage)
  • Antechinus hageni: BMNH 50.1829, an other (adult male puppet skin and skull).

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Murexia habbema in the database

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