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Species Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840)

Dusky Antechinus

 

Generic Combinations

  • Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840).

 

Introduction

Ride (1988: 17) listed names as synonyms, following Wakefield & Warneke (1963: 196, 197), rather than listing subspecies.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, heath, litter, noctidiurnal, omnivore, predator, tall open forest, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Most commonly associated with dense cover and thick litter.

 

General References

Baker, A.M., Mutton, T.Y., Mason, E.D. & Gray, E.L. 2015. A taxonomic assessment of the Australian Dusky Antechinus Complex: a new species, the Tasman Peninsula Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus vandycki sp. nov.) and an elevation to species of the Mainland Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii mimetes (Thomas)). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 59: 75-126 [84] (new Tasmanian records)

Baudinette, R.V. 1994. Locomotion in macropodoid marsupials: gaits, energetics and heat balance. Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 103-124

Bradley, A.J. & Monamy, V. 1991. A physiological profile of male Dusky Antechinuses, Antechinus swainsonii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) surviving post-mating mortality. Australian Mammalogy 14: 25-27

Davison, A. 1986. Dentition of Victorian Antechinus species (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 9: 73-85

Dickman, C.R. 1982. Some ecological aspects of seasonal breeding in Antechinus (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia). pp. 139-150 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Dickman, C.R. 1986. An experimental study of competition between two species of dasyurid marsupials. Ecological Monographs 56: 221-241

Dickman, C.R. 1995. Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii. pp. 97-99 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Dunstan, C.E. & Fox, B.J. 1996. The effects of fragmentation and disturbance of rainforest on ground-dwelling small mammals on the Robertson Plateau, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Biogeography 23: 187-201

Green, K. 1989. Altitudinal and seasonal differences in the diets of Antechinus swainsonii and A. stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in relation to the availability of prey in the Snowy Mountains. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 581-592

Green, K. 2001. Autumnal body mass reduction in Antechinus swainsonii (Dasyuridae) in the Snowy Mountains. Australian Mammalogy 23: 31-36

Green, K. & Crowley, H. 1989. Energetics and behaviour of active subnivean insectivores Antechinus swainsonii and A. stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the Snowy Mountains. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 509-592

Hall, S. 1980. The diets of two coexisting species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Wildlife Research 7: 365-378

Hall, S. & Lee, A.K. 1982. Habitat use by two species of Antechinus and Rattus fuscipes in tall open forest in southern Victoria. pp. 209-220 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Lunney, D., Cullis, B. & Eby, P. 1987. Effects of logging and fire on small mammals in Mumbulla State Forest, near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 163-181

Lunney, D., Matthews, A. & Grigg, J. 2001. The diet of Antechinus agilis and A. swainsonii in unlogged and regenerating sites in Mumbulla State Forest, south-eastern New South Wales. Wildlife Research 28: 459-464

McDonald, I.R., Lee, A.K., Than, K.A. & Martin, R.W. 1986. Failure of glucocorticoid feedback in males of a population of small marsupials (Antechinus swainsonii) during their period of mating. Journal of Endocrinology 108: 63-68

Monamy, V. 1991. An observation of free-living Dusky Antechinuses, Antechinus swainsonii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) during the breeding season. Australian Mammalogy 14: 23-24

Poskitt, D.C., Duffey, K., Barnett, J., Kimpton, W.G. & Muller, H.K. 1984. The gut-associated lymphoid system of two species of Australian marsupial mice, Antechinus swainsonii and Antechinus stuartii. Distribution, frequency and structure of Peyer's patches and lymphoid follicles in the small and large intestine. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 62: 81-88

Ride, W.D.L. in Mahoney, J.A. & Ride, W.D.L. 1988. Dasyuridae. pp. 14-33 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 274 pp.

Smith, A.M.A. 1983. The subspecific biochemical taxonomy of Antechinus minimus, A. swainsonii and Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 753-762

Smith, A.M.A. 1983. The subspecific biochemical taxonomy of Antechinus minimus, A. swainsonii and Sminthopsis leucopus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 753-762

Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1963. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—1. Victorian Naturalist 80: 194-219 [196, 197]

Williams, R. & Williams, A. 1982. The life cycle of Antechinus swainsonii (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia). pp. 89-95 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2015 Antechinus Macleay, 1841 28-Jun-2016 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2012 15-Oct-2013 MODIFIED
02-Sep-2019 29-Oct-2010 MOVED
15-Oct-2010 15-Oct-2010 MOVED
07-Feb-2024 15-Oct-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)