Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Alternative combination: Murexechinus melanurus

Synonyms: Antechinus wilhelmina Tate 1947, Phascogale meyeri Dollman 1930

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

See also Van Dyck 2002

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

Type specimens:

• Murexia melanurus: CE 3915, an other (adult female puppet skin)
• Antechinus wilhelmina: AMNH 109811, an other (adult male skin and skull).
• Phascogale meyeri: BMNH 29.5.27.57, an other (adult female skin and skull).

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore

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

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