Species Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998

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• Antechinus agilis Dickman, C.R., Parnaby, H.A., 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: 1-26 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM(MMUS) M33319 ♂ adult body (in alcohol), skull, liver and plasma, on the south side of the corner of Warks Rd and Blundells Ck Rd, nr Lees Ck, Brindabella Range, 740 m, ACT [35°21'45"S 148°50'17"E].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, closed heath, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet may include soft berries and small lizards, mainly nocturnal.

General References

Banks, S.C., Finlayson, G.R., Lawson, S.J., Lindenmayer, D.B., Petkau, D., Ward, S.J. & Taylor, A.C. 2005. The effects of habitat fragmentation due to forestry plantation establishment on demography and genetic variation in a marsupial carnivore, Antechinus agilis. Biological Conservation 12: 851-597

Dickman, C.R. 1986. Niche compression: two tests of an hypothesis using narrowly sympatric predator species. Australian Journal of Ecology 11: 121-134

Dickman, C.R., Green, K., Carron, P.L., Happold, D.C.D. & Osborne, W.S. 1988. Elecrophoretic identification of a new species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 455-463 (all earlier references to this species are included in A. stuartii)

McAllan, B.M. & Dickman, C.R. 1986. The role of photoperiod in the timing of reproduction in the dasyurid marsupial Antechinus stuartii. Oecologia (Berlin) 68: 259-264

McNee, A. & Cockburn, A. 1992. Specific identity is not correlated with behavioural and life-history diversity in Antechinus stuartii sensu lato. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 127-133

Sumner, J. & Dickman, C.R. 1998. Distribution and identity of species in the Antechinus stuartii - A. flavipes group (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 27-41

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Agile Antechinus)

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