Antechinomys
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Genus of marsupials
| Antechinomys[1] Temporal range: Quaternary - Recent[2] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Tribe: | Sminthopsini |
| Genus: | Antechinomys Krefft, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Phascogale lanigera[1] Gould, 1856 | |
Antechinomys is a genus of the family Dasyuridae, and is represented by two living species. It is the sister genus of Sminthopsis.
As of 2026[update] there are four species assigned to this genus:[3]
- Antechinomys auritus Dodd, Catullo, Travouillon, A. M. Baker, Westerman, & Umbrello, 2025
- Antechinomys laniger (J. Gould, 1856)
- Antechinomys longicaudatus (W. B. Spencer, 1909)
- Antechinomys spenceri O. Thomas, 1906
References
- 1 2 Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ "Antechinomys Krefft 1867 (marsupial)". Paleobiology Database.
- ↑ Dodd, C.S.; Catullo, R.A.; Travouillon, K.J.; Baker, A.M.; Westerman, M.; Umbrello, L.S. (2025). "Cryptic kultarr: Integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognized species of carnivorous marsupial (Dasyuridae: Antechinomys) in arid Australia". Ecology and Evolution. 15 (7) e71618. doi:10.1002/ece3.71618.
Further reading
- Michael Westerman; Linette Umbrello; Patricia A. Woolley (2023). "On the composition of Antechinomys (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): how many species?". Australian Journal of Zoology. 70 (3): 95–103. doi:10.1071/ZO22041.
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