History of changes

• Antechinus Macleay, W.S. 1841. Notice of a new genus of Mammalia discovered by J. Stuart, Esq., in New South Wales. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 8: 241-243 [242].

  Type species:

   Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 by monotypy.

Introduction

Molecular phylogeny for genus and analysis of variation between species given by Baker & Van Dyck (2013).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Probably the whole of New Guinea.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: 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) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Distribution References

General References

Baker, A.M., Mutton, T.Y. & Hines, H.B. 2013. A new dasyurid marsupial from Kroombit Tops, south-east Queensland, Australia: the Silver-headed Antechinus, Antechinus argentus sp. nov. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3746(2): 201–239

Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus (Thomas) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3613(3): 201–228

History of changes

• Phascogale flavipes adusta Thomas, O. 1923. The Godman Exploration Fund: List of mammals from north Queensland collected by Mr T.V. Sherrin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 11: 170-178 [175].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 22.12.18.54 ♂ skin and skull, Dinner Creek, Ravenshoe, QLD 2900 ft [about 17°40´S, 145°30´E].

Generic Combinations

• Antechinus adustus (Thomas, 1923). —
  Van Dyck, S,M. & Crowther, M.S. 2000. Reassessment of northern representatives of the Antechinus stuartii complex (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): A subtropicus sp. nov. and A. adustus new status. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45: 611-635 (removed from synonymy with Antechinus stuartii and raised to full species status in Antechinus)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Van Dyck, S,M. & Crowther, M.S. 2000. Reassessment of northern representatives of the Antechinus stuartii complex (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): A subtropicus sp. nov. and A. adustus new status. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45: 611-635

Van Dyck, S. 1982. The relationships of Antechinus stuartii and A. flavipes (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with special reference to Queensland. pp. 723-766 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

Watt, A.M. 1991. The ecology of three species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in upland rainforests of north-east Queensland. Unpublished PhD thesis. James Cook University, Townsville.

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• 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

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)

History of changes

• Antechinus argentus Baker, A.M., Mutton, T.Y. & Hines, H.B. 2013. A new dasyurid marsupial from Kroombit Tops, south-east Queensland, Australia: the Silver-headed Antechinus, Antechinus argentus sp. nov. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3746(2): 201–239 [208].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM 19966, Qld, Kroombit Tops NP (60km SSW of Gladstone).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

History of changes

• Antechinus arktos Baker, A.M., Mutton, T.Y., Hines, H.B.. & Van Dyck, S. 2014. The Black-tailed Antechinus, Antechinus arktos sp. nov.: a new species of carnivorous marsupial from montane regions of the Tweed Volcano caldera, eastern Australia. Zootaxa 3765(2): 101–133 [106].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM 20009 adult ♀, small gully near Best of All Lookout, Mount Mumdjin, Springbrook National Park, south-east Queensland, Australia [28°14´29.6˝S 153°15´50.6˝E. Datum: GDA 94].
  Paratype(s) QM JM 20010, Bilbrough Lookout, Springbrook National Park, SEQ [28°14´03˝S 153°17´23˝E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Phascogale bella Thomas, O. 1904. On a collection of mammals made by Mr J.T. Tunney in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of South Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 222-229 [229].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 4.1.3.102 ♂ skin & skull, South Alligator River, NT.

Generic Combinations

• Antechinus bellus (Thomas, 1904). —
  Tate, G.H.H. 1947. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 56 On the anatomy and classification of the Dasyuridae (Marsupialia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88: 97-155
  Baverstock, P.R., Archer, M., Adams, M. & Richardson, B.J. 1982. Genetic relationships among 32 species of Australian dasyurid marsupials. pp. 641-650 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Ecological Descriptors

Insectivorous, low open woodland, low woodland, open forest, predator, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Occasionally within fringes of monsoon forest, scansorial.

General References

Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus (Thomas) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3613(3): 201–228 (fully revised description)

Braithwaite, R.W. 1989. Shelter selection by a small mammal community in the wet-dry tropics of Australia. Australian Mammalogy 12: 55-59

Braithwaite, R.W. & Muller, W.J. 1997. Rainfall, groundwater and refuges: predicting extinctions of Australian tropical mammal species. Australian Journal of Ecology 22: 57-67

Calaby, J.H. 1995. Fawn Antechinus Antechinus bellus. pp. 85-86 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Calaby, J.H. & Keith, K. 1974. Mammals. pp. 179–208 in Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) Fauna survey of the Port Essington district, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. CSIRO Austustralia Division of Wildlife Research, Technical Papers No. 28. 208 pp. (field notes)

Calaby, J.H. & Taylor, J.M. 1981. Reproduction in two marsupial-mice, Antechinus bellus and Antechinus bilarni (Dasyuridae), of tropical Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 62: 329-341

Friend, G.R. 1985. Ecological studies of a population of Antechinus bellus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in tropical northern Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 12: 151-162

Friend, G.R. & Taylor, J.A. 1985. Habitat preferences of small mammals in tropical open-forest of the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Ecology 10: 173-185

Woolley, P.A. 1981. Antechinus bellus, another dasyurid marsupial with post mating mortality in males. Journal of Mammalogy 62: 381-382

Common Name References

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

History of changes

Generic Combinations

• Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838).

Introduction

Ride (1988: 15) listed names in synonymy, rather than subspecies.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, low open woodland, omnivore, open forest, open heath, predator, subtropical, tall open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Occasionally seen abroad in full daylight, bracken, rock outcrops, broken gullies, crevices in cliffs, diet mainly insects.

General References

Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3649(1): 1-62

Christensen, P.E. & Kimber, P.C. 1975. Effect of prescribed burning on the flora and fauna of S.W. Australian forests. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 9: 85-106

Crowther, M.S., Spencer, P.B.S., Alpers, D. & Dickman, C.R. 2002. Taxonomic status of the Mardo, Antechinus flavipes leucogaster (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): A morphological and molecular, reproductive and bioclimatic approach. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 627-647

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

Dwyer, P., Hockings, M. & Willmer, J. 1979. Mammals of Cooloola and Beerwah. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 90: 65-84

Ellis, M.V. & Smith, J.M. 1990. Inland occurrences of the yellow-footed antechinus Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) in New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 26: 21-22

Goldingay, R.L. 1986. Capture-related aspects of the ecology of Antechinus flavipes (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 9: 131-133

Laurence, W.F. 1994. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 69: 23-32

Marcheson, D. & Carthew, S.M. 2004. Autecology of the yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) in a fragmented landscape in southern Australia. Wildlife Research 31: 273-282

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, G.C. 1984. The biology of the yellow-footed antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in a swamp forest on Kinba Island, Cooloola, Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 465-480

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

Thompson, M.B., Medlin, G., Hutchinson, R. & West, N. 1989. Short-term effects of fuel reduction burning on populations of small terrestrial mammals. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 117-129

Van Dyck, S. 1982. The relationships of Antechinus stuartii and A. flavipes (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with special reference to Queensland. pp. 723-766 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp. (includes ecology)

Van Dyck, S.M. 1995. Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes. pp. 86-88 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1967. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—2. Victorian Naturalist 84: 69-99 [69] (synonymies)

Wardell-Johnson, G. 1986. Use of nest boxes by mardos, Antechinus flavipes leucogaster, in regenerating karri forest in south Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 407-417

Watt, A.M. 1997. Population ecology and reproductive seasonality in three species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the wet tropics of Queensland. Wildlife Research 24: 531-547

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Yellow-footed Antechinus)

History of changes

• Phascogale flavipes Waterhouse, G.R. 1838. Characters of some new species of the genera Mus and Phascogale. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837: 75-77 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [437]] [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 55.12.24.75 ♂ skin & skull, N of Hunter's River.
• Phascogale rufogaster Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [407].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 41.1251 skin & skull, Adelaide and its vicinity, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1967. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—2. Victorian Naturalist 84: 69-99

Generic Combinations

• Antechinus flavipes flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, low open woodland, omnivore, open forest, open heath, predator, subtropical, tall open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

General References

Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3649(1): 1-62 [27] (re-described)

History of changes

• Phascogale leucogaster Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [407].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 41.1244 skin & skull, banks of Canning River, WA (as banks of Canning River, WA [p. 407] and Perth, WA [p. 401]), see BMNH Register.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, low open woodland, omnivore, open forest, open heath, predator, subtropical, tall open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

General References

Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3649(1): 1-62 [43] (re-described)

History of changes

• Antechinus flavipes rubeculus Van Dyck, S. 1982. The relationships of Antechinus stuartii and A. flavipes (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with special reference to Queensland. pp. 723-766 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp. [727].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM2676 ♂ adult skin & skull, torso in spirit, Flaggy Creek Forestry barracks, Black Mountain Road, Kuranda (15º46´S, 145º38´E), NE QLD (mesophyll vine-forest on schist).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

"from Mt. Spec 18°57'S 146°11'E … to Home Rule 15°42'S 145°14'E" (Baker & Van Dyck 2013)

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, low open woodland, omnivore, open forest, open heath, predator, subtropical, tall open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

General References

Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3649(1): 1-62 [55] (re-described)

History of changes

• Phascogale godmani Thomas, O. 1923. The Godman Exploration Fund: List of mammals from north Queensland collected by Mr T.V. Sherrin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 11: 170-178 [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 22.12.18.46 ♂ skin & skull, Dinner Creek, Ravenshoe, QLD 2900 ft [about 17°40´S, 145°30´E].

Generic Combinations

• Antechinus godmani (Thomas, 1923).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Entirely within Atherton Tableland.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, closed forest, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Predominantly nocturnal.

General References

Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Atherton Antechinus, Antechinus godmani (Thomas) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3670(4): 401–439

Laurance, W.F. 1990. Distributional records for two 'relict' dasyurid marsupials (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in north Queensland rainforest. Australian Mammalogy 13: 215-218

Laurance, W.F. 1993. The pre-European and present distribution of Antechinus godmani (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae), a restricted rainforest endemic. Australian Mammalogy 16: 23-27

Laurence, W.F. 1994. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 69: 23-32

Lee, A.K., Woolley, P. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1982. Life history strategies of dasyurid marsupials. pp. 1-11 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

McDonald, K.R. 1991. New distribution records for Antechinus godmani (Thomas), a restricted rainforest endemic. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 487-491

Reddell, P., Spain, A.V. & Hopkins, M. 1997. Dispersal of spores of mycorrhizal fungi in scats of native mammals in tropical forests of northeastern Australia. Biotropica 29: 184-192

Van Dyck, S. 1982. The status and relationships of the Atherton Antechinus, Antechinus godmani (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 5: 195-210

Van Dyck, S.M. 1995. Atherton Antechinus Antechinus godmani. pp. 89-90 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Watt, A.M. 1991. The ecology of three species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in upland rainforests of north-east Queensland. Unpublished PhD thesis. James Cook University, Townsville.

Watt, A.M. 1997. Population ecology and reproductive seasonality in three species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the wet tropics of Queensland. Wildlife Research 24: 531-547

Winter, J. 1991. Mammals. pp. 43-54 in Nix, H.A. & Switzer, M.A. (eds). Rainforest Animals: Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 111 pp. [Kowari]

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Antechinus leo Van Dyck, S. 1980. The Cinnamon Antechinus, Antechinus leo (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) a new species from the vine-forests of Cape York Peninsula. Australian Mammalogy 3: 5-17 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM2372 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, Nesbit River, Buthen Buthen, Cape York Peninsula, 60–100 m, QLD [13°21´S, 143°28´E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, closed forest, predator, terrestrial.

General References

Leung, L.K.-P. 1999. Ecology of Australian tropical rainforest mammals. I. The Cape York antechinus, Antechinus leo (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Wildlife Research 26: 287-306

Leung, L.K-P. 1995. Cinnamon Antechinus Antechinus leo. pp. 91-92 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Van Dyck, S.N. 1980. Cinnamon Antechinus Antechinus leo (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), a new species from the vine-forests of Cape York Peninsula. Australian Mammalogy 3: 5-17

Common Name References

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

History of changes

Generic Combinations

• Antechinus mimetes (Thomas, 1924).

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• 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 [88] (status of two subspecies of A. swainsonii revised)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Antechinus swainsonii insulanus Davison, A. 1991. A new subspecies of dusky antechinus, Antechinus swainsonii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) from western Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 14: 103-114 [104].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV C13633 adult ♂ skin & skull, Silverband Falls, Grampians National Park, Vic [37°12's 142°31'e].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Grampians, SW Victoria.

IBRA

Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Phascogale swainsonii mimetes Thomas, O. 1924. A new pouched mouse (Phascogale) from Northern New South Wales. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 14: 528-529 [528] [as Phascogale swainsoni mimetes].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 24.10.1.1 ♀ skin & skull, Guy Fawkes district, NSW 5000 ft, 30º30´S, 152º30´E.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SE Qld.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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 [88] (revised status and diagnosis)

History of changes

Generic Combinations

• Antechinus minimus (Geoffroy, 1803).

Introduction

Ride (1988) listed names in synonymy, following Thomas (1888: 287), rather than recognising subspecies.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed heath, open forest, open heath, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Soil fossicking insectivore, mainland - especially dense closed heath up to 2 m high, Tas. - especially dense wet sedgeland and adjacent swampy drainage.

General References

Aberton, J.G., Wilson, B.A. & Chenery, K. 1994. Observations on the behaviour of Antechinus minimus maritimus (Marsupialia Dasyuridae). Victorian Naturalist 111: 135-138

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

Fox, B.J. 1982. A review of dasyurid ecology and speculation on the role of limiting similarity in community organization. pp. 97-116 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Gibson, L.A., Wilson, B.A., Cahill, D.M. & Hill, J. 2004. Modelling habitat suitability of the swamp antechinus (Antechinus minimus maritimus) in the coastal heathlands of southern Victoria, Australia. Biological Conservation 117: 143-150

Green, R.H. 1973. The Mammals of Tasmania. Launceston : Mary Fisher Bookshop xvi 76 pp.

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. [16]

Schultz, M. 1986. The swamp antechinus Antechinus minimus as prey of the black-shouldered kite Elanus notatus. Australian Bird Watcher 11: 168-169

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

Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] [287]

Wainer, J.W. 1976. Studies of an island population of Antechinus minimus (Marsupialia; Dasyuridae). The Australian Zoologist 19: 1-7

Wainer, J.W. & Wilson, B.A. 1995. Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus. pp. 93-94 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1963. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—1. Victorian Naturalist 80: 194-219 [194] (Ride (1988) states "not for subspecies")

Wilson, B.A. 1986. Reproduction in the female dasyurid Antechinus minimus maritimus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 189-197

Wilson, B.A., Aberton, J. & Reichl, T. 2001. Effects of fragmented habitat and fire on the distribution and ecology of the swamp antechinus (Antechinus minimus maritimus) in the eastern Otways, Victoria. Wildlife Research 28: 527-536

Wilson, B.A. & Bourne, A.R. 1984. Reproduction in the male dasyurid Antechinus minimus maritimus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 311-318

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Phascogale (Antechinus) swainsonii maritima Finlayson, H.H. 1958. A case of duplex convergent resemblance in Australian mammals, with a review of some aspects of the morphology of Phascogale (Antechinus) swainsoni Waterhouse and Phascogale (Antechinus) flavipes Waterhouse. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 81: 141-151 [148] [as Phascogale (Antechinus) swainsoni maritima].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA M4985* ♂ spirit specimen & skull (for details of the holotype, see Aitken, P.F. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. V. Mammals. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 17: 197–202 [197]), Port MacDonnell, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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

Closed heath, open forest, open heath, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Dasyurus minimus Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. 1803. Note sur les espèces du genre dasyure. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3(81): 258-259 [159 (should be 259)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. No 381 mounted skin & skull, probably Waterhouse Is., Bass Strait, TAS.

  Type locality references:

  Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1963. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—1. Victorian Naturalist 80: 194-219 [209-210].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Also King and Flinders Ils.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed heath, open forest, open heath, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Phascogale affinis Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [406].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 41.1241 skin & skull, Tasman Peninsula, TAS; whereabouts unknown (ex Gould), locality unknown.
• Antechinus concinnus Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. New species of Tasmanian Antechini and Mus. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 184-186 [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [184].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown lost (formerly in the collection of the Royal Society of Tasmania), TAS.

Ecological Descriptors

Closed heath, open forest, open heath, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Antechinus mysticus Baker, A.M., Mutton, T.Y. & Van Dyck, S. 2012. A new dasyurid marsupial from eastern Queensland, Australia: the Buff-footed Antechinus, Antechinus mysticus sp. nov. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3515: 1-37 [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM 19707 adult male skull, dentary and frozen body ("Collected 30 June 2011 by S. Van Dyck from his kitchen cupboard"), Qld, Samford [27°19´56˝S 152°48´26˝E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Antechinus stuartii Macleay, W.S. 1841. Notice of a new genus of Mammalia discovered by J. Stuart, Esq., in New South Wales. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 8: 241-243 [242].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM M5294 ♂ spirit specimen & skull, Waterfall, [Royal] National Park, NSW.
• Antechinus unicolor Gould, J. 1854. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 6. [text 17th pl.] [= text to Vol. 1 pl. 37].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 54.11.19.2 ♂ skin & skull, probably the coast district to the N of Sydney, NSW, designated by.
• Phascogale flavipes Le Souef, A.S. & Burrell, H. 1926. The Wild Animals of Australasia: Embracing the Mammals of New Guinea and the Nearer Pacific Islands. Sydney : G.G. Harrap 388 pp. [344].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M2593 ♂ skin & Skull, Ebor, N NSW (as Highlands of Northern New South Wales).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1967. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—2. Victorian Naturalist 84: 69-99 [69] (not for subspecies)
• 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] (transfers the southern half of the range of this species to A. agilis. Most references in bibliogrogrphy refer to the A. agilis)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, closed forest, open forest, open heath, predator, subtropical, tall open forest, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Pine forest, lantana, blackberry, habitats generally with dense shrub layer, diet includes some vegetation throughout the year, may be partially arboreal.

General References

Agar, N.S. & Godwin, I.R. 1991. Red cell metabolism in brown antechinus, the bilby and the rufous hare-wallaby. Australian Journal of Zoology 39: 681-687

Blair-West, J.R., Gibson, A., McKinley, M.J. & Nelson, J.F. 1983. Water drinking and the effect of angiotensin and renin in a dasyurid marsupial (Antechinus stuartii). General and Comparative Endocrinology 52: 388-394

Bradley, A.J., McDonald, I.R. & Lee, A.K. 1980. Stress and mortality in a small marsupial (Antechinus stuartii Macleay). General and Comparative Endocrinology 40: 188-200

Braithwaite, R.W. 1974. Behavioural changes associated with the population cycle of Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 22: 45-62

Braithwaite, R.W. 1995. Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii. pp. 94-97 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Carthew, S.M. 1994. Foraging behaviour of marsupial pollinators in a population of Banksia spinulosa. Oikos 69: 133-139

Catling, P.C., Green, B. & Newgrain, K. 1989. The water fluxes of Rattus fuscipes and Antechinus stuartii before and after a prescribed fire. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 685-687

Cockburn, A. 1992. The duration of lactation in Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 195-204

Cockburn, A. & Lazenby-Cohen, K.A. 1992. Use of nest trees by Antechinus stuartii, a semelparous lekking marsupial. Journal of Zoology, London 226: 657-680

Cooper, D.W. & Woolley, P. 1983. Confirmation of a new species of small dasyurid marsupial by electrophoretic analysis of enzymes and proteins. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 743-751

Croft, D.B. 1982. Communication in the Dasyuridae (Marsupialia): A review. pp. 291-309 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Crowther, M.S. 2002. Distributions of species of the Antechinus stuartii-A. flavipes complex as predicted by bioclimatic modelling. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 77-91

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

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. 1989. Demographic responses of Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia) to supplementary food. Australian Journal of Ecology 14: 387-398

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

Downes, S.J., Handasyde, K.A. & Elgar, M.A. 1997. The use of corridors by mammals in fragmented Australian eucalypt forests. Conservation Biology 11: 718-726

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

Fox, B.J. 1982. A review of dasyurid ecology and speculation on the role of limiting similarity in community organization. pp. 97-116 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Fox, B.J. & Archer, E. 1984. The diets of Sminthopsis murina and Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in sympatry. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 235-248

Goldingay, R.L., Carthew, S.M. & Whelan, R.J. 1991. The importance of non-flying mammals in pollination. Oikos 61: 79-87

Goldingay, R.L. & Whelan, R.J. 1997. Powerline easements: Do they promote edge effects in eucalypt forest for small mammals? Wildlife Research 24: 737-744

Green, B., Newgrain, K., Catling, P. & Turner, G. 1991. Patterns of prey consumption and energy use in a small carnivorous marsupial, Antechinus stuartii. Australian Journal of Zoology 39: 539-547

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. & 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

Hinds, L.A. & Selwood, L. 1990. Plasma progesterone concentrations during pregnancy in the dasyurid marsupial, Antechinus stuartii: relationship with differentiation of the embryo. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 2: 61-70

Kerr, J.B. & Hedger, M.P. 1983. Spontaneous spermatogenic failure in the marsupial mouse Antechinus stuartii Macleay (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 445-466

Körtner, G. & Geiser, F. 1995. Body-temperature rhythms and activity in reproductive antechinus (Marsupialia). Physiology and Behaviour 58: 31-36

Lazenby-Cohen, K.A. 1991. Communal nesting in Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 39: 273-283

Lazenby-Cohen, K.A. & Cockburn, A. 1988. Lek promiscuity in a semelparous mammal, Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22: 195-202

Lazenby-Cohen, K.A. & Cockburn, A. 1991. Social and foraging components of the home range in Antechinus stuartii (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Ecology 16: 301-307

Lazenby-Cohen, K.A. & Cockburn, A. 1993. Intense predation by owls on lekking brown antechinus Antechinus stuartii. pp. 175-180 in Olsen, P. (ed.). Australian raptor studies. Moonee Ponds : Australasian Raptor Association, R.A.O.U. 344 pp.

Lindenmayer, D.B., Cunningham, R.B., Donnelly, C.F., Triggs, B.A. & Belvedere, M. 1994. The conservation of arboreal marsupials in the montane ash forests of the central highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia V. Patterns of use and the microhabitat requirements of the mountain brushtail possum Trichosurus caninus Ogilby in retained linear habitats (wildlife corridors). Biological Conservation 68: 43-51

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. & Ashby, E. 1987. Population changes in Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and other small mammal species, in forest regenerating from logging and fire near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 275-284

McAllan, B.M., Joss, J.M.P. & Firth, B.T. 1991. Phase delay of natural photoperiod alters reproductive timing in the marsupial Antechinus stuartii. Journal of Zoology, London 225: 633-646

McAllan, B.M., Roberts, J.R. & Oshea, T. 1996. Seasonal changes in the renal morphometry of Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 337-354

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

Moritz, C. 1982. Some aspects of the ecological and genetical structure of a natural population of Antechinus stuartii (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia). pp. 685-709 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

Newell, G.R. & Wilson, B.A. 1993. The relationship between cinnamon fungus (Phytophora cinnamomi) and the abundance of Antechinus stuartii (Dasyuridae : Marsupialia) in the Brisbane Ranges, Victoria. Wildlife Research 20: 251-259

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

Scott, M.P. 1986. The timing and synchrony of seasonal breeding in the marsupial, Antechinus stuartii: interaction of environmental and social cues. Journal of Mammalogy 67: 551-560

Scott, M.P. 1987. The effect of mating and agonistic experience on adrenal function and mortality of male Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia). Journal of Mammalogy 68: 479-486

Selwood, L. 1982. A review of maturation and fertilization in marsupials with special reference to the dasyurid: Antechinus stuartii. pp. 65-76 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Selwood, L. 1983. Factors influencing pre-natal fertility in the brown marsupial mouse, Antechinus stuartii. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 68: 317-324

Selwood, L. 1985. Synchronization of oestrus, ovulation and birth in female Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 8: 91-96

Selwood, L. & McCallum, F. 1987. Relationship between longevity of spermatozoa after insemination and the percentage of normal embryos in brown marsupial mice (Antechinus stuartii). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 79: 495-503

Selwood, L. & Young, G.J. 1983. Cleavage in vivo and in culture in the dasyurid marsupial Antechinus stuartii. Journal of Morphology 176: 43-60

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

Taggart, D.A. & Temple-Smith, P.D. 1990. Effects of breeding season and mating on total number and distribution of spermatozoa in the epididymis of the brown marsupial mouse, Antechinus stuartii. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 88: 81-91

Taggart, D.A. & Temple-Smith, P.D. 1991. Transport and storage of spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract of the brown marsupial mouse, Antechinus stuartii (Dasyuridae). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 93: 97-110

Van Dyck, S. 1982. The relationships of Antechinus stuartii and A. flavipes (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with special reference to Queensland. pp. 723-766 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp. (includes ecology)

van Tets, I.G. & Whelan, R.J. 1997. Banksia pollen in the diet of Australian mammals. Ecography 20: 499-505

Vestal, B.M., Lee, A.K. & Saxon, M.J. 1986. Interactions between adult female and juvenile Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) at the time of juvenile dispersal. Australian Mammalogy 9: 27-33

Watt, A.M. 1997. Population ecology and reproductive seasonality in three species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the wet tropics of Queensland. Wildlife Research 24: 531-547

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Antechinus subtropicus Van Dyck, S,M. & Crowther, M.S. 2000. Reassessment of northern representatives of the Antechinus stuartii complex (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): A subtropicus sp. nov. and A. adustus new status. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45: 611-635 [613].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J17407 adult ♂ skull, dentaries and skin, South-east Queensland.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, rainforest.

General References

Van Dyck, S. 1982. The relationships of Antechinus stuartii and A. flavipes (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with special reference to Queensland. pp. 723-766 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

Wood, D.H. 1970. An ecological study of Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia) in a south-east Queensland rainforest. Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 218-294

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Phascogale swainsonii Waterhouse, G.R. 1840. Description of a new marsupial mammal, belonging to the genus Phascogale. Magazine of Natural History 4: 299-301 [300].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 60.1.5.18 & 60.1.5.26 ♂ skin (60.1.5.18 ); skull (60.1.5.26), TAS.
• Antechinus rolandensis Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1883. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Antechini and Muridae inhabiting Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 171-176 1 pl. [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (not found in TMH or QVM), neighbourhood of Mt Roland, TAS.
• Antechinus niger Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1883. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Antechini and Muridae inhabiting Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 171-176 1 pl. [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [172] [tentatively placed as synonym of A. swainsonii by Baker et al. (2015)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (not found in TMH or QVM), TAS.
• Antechinus moorei Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. Descriptions of new Tasmanian animals. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 181-184, pl.196 [Date published before 25 June 1884: publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [182] [tentatively placed as synonym of A. swainsonii by Baker et al. (2015)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (not found in TMH or QVM), Long Plains, TAS.
• Antechinus moorei assimilis Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. New species of Tasmanian Antechini and Mus. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 184-186 [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [185] [as Antechinus moorei var. assimilis; tentatively placed as synonym of A. swainsonii by Baker et al. (2015)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown lost (formerly in the museum of the Royal Society of Tasmania), W coast, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1963. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—1. Victorian Naturalist 80: 194-219 [196-197] (not for subspecies)
• Davison, A. 1991. A new subspecies of dusky antechinus, Antechinus swainsonii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) from western Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 14: 103-114
• 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]

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

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.

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Antechinus vandycki 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 [81].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM20111 ♂, Lichen Road, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania [43°03´07˝S, 147°54´56˝E].
  Paratype(s) QM JM 20113, JM 20116 2♂, Fortescue Road, Fortescue Bay, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania [43°08´40''S, 147°57´18''E]; QM JM 20114 1♂, Balt’s Road, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania [43°04´48˝S, 147°56´57˝E]; QM JM 20115, JM 20117 2♂, Lichen Road, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania [43°03´07˝S, 147°54´56˝E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

History of changes

• Phascogale Temminck, C.J. 1824. Sur le genre Sarigue - Didelphis (Linn.). pp. 21–54 pls 5–6 [and] Sur les mammifères du genre Dasyure, et sur deux genres voisins, les Thylacynes et les Phascogales. pp. 55–72 pls 7–8. In, Temminck, C.J. (ed.). Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Ouvrage accompagné de planches d'Ostéologie, pouvant servir de suite et de complément aux notices sur les animaux vivans, publiées par M. le Baron G. Cuvier, dans ses recherches sur les ossemens fossiles. Paris : G. Dufour et E. D'Ocagne Vol. 1. [publication date established from Husson, A.M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zool. Verh. 58: 1–282 pls 1–30 [276] and Anon. 1825. Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de mammifères dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe par C.J. Temminck. Livraisons 1–3 pp. 72 pl. viii. Zoological Journal. London 1: 574–576] [23].

  Type species:

   Didelphis penicillata Shaw, 1800 (=Dasyurus penicillatus (Shaw, 1800)) by subsequent monotypy.
• Phascologale Lenz, H.O. 1831. Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere, nach Cuvier's Systemé bearbeitet. Gotha : Bedersche Buchhandlung xii 324 pp. 8 pls. [156] [unjustified emendation of Phascogale Temminck, 1824].
• Ascogale Gloger, C.W.L. 1841. Gemeinnütziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte. Für gebildete Leser aller Stände, besonders für die reifere Jugend und ihre Lehrer. Erster Band, enthaltend die erste Hälfte der Naturgeschichte der Thiere, nebst erfahrungsmässigen Andeutungen über den gegenwärtigen Zustand und Erfolg des Unterrichts in dieser Wissenschaft, namentlich auf Gymnasien, und Vorrschlägen über fernere Einrichtung desselben im Verhaltnisse zu seinem Wirklichen Zwecke. Hefte 1–5. Breslau : A. Schulz & Comp. 400 pp. [publication date established from Thomas, O. 1895. An analysis of the mammalian generic names given in Dr. C.W.L. Gloger's 'Naturgeschichte' (1841). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 15: 189–193 [189]] [83] [nom. nov. for Phascogale Temminck, 1824].
• Tapoa Lesson, R.P. 1842. Nouveau Tableau du Règne Animal. Mammifères. Paris : A. Bertrand 204 pp. [190].

  Type species:

   Dasyurus tafa White, 1803 (=Tapoa tafa (White, 1803)) by monotypy.
• Phascogalea Müller, S. & Schlegel, H. 1842. Beschrijving eener nieuwe soort van vleeschetende buideldieren, Phascogalea melas. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen. Leiden. Zoologie 1: 149-152 pl. 25 [149] [unjustified emendation of Phascogale Temminck, 1824].
• Phascoloictis Matschie, P. 1916. Die Verbreitung der Beuteltiere auf NeuGuinea mit einigen Bemerkungen über ihre Einteilung in Untergattungen. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 8: 259-308 +map [Date published June 1916] [263] [originally made available as a subgenus of Phascogale Temminck, 1824].

  Type species:

   Phascogale calura Gould, 1844 by monotypy (as calura Gould).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [7]
• Ride, W.D.L. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Riverina (RIV) ; NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

History of changes

• Phascogale calura Gould, J. 1844. Exhibition and character of a number of animals, &c. transmitted from Australia by Mr. Gilbert. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844: 103-107 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [438]] [104] [as Phascogale calurus].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 44.7.9.9 & 44.10.15.1 ♂ skin (44.7.9.9) & skull (44.10.15.1), neighbourhood of Military Station, Williams River, WA.

  Type locality references:

  Gould, J. 1845. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1. [pl. 47] [text to 7th pl. of Pt 1] (=text to Vol. 1 pl. 32).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Now probably SW coastal only, previously in SA, Vic, NT.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Mallee (MAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, low woodland, open forest, open scrub, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial.

General References

Archer, M. 1979. The status of Australian dasyurids, thylacinids and myrmecobiids. pp. 29-43 in Tyler, M.J. (ed.). The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia.

Bradley, A.J 2003. Stress, hormones and mortality in small dasyurid marsupials. pp. 250-263 in Jones, M., Dickman, C. & Archer, M. (eds). Predators with Pouches. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing.

Bradley, A.J. 1987. Stress and mortality in the red-tailed phascogale, Phascogale calura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). General and Comparative Endocrinology 67: 85-100

Bradley, A.J. 1990. Seasonal effects on the haematology and blood chemistry in the red-tailed phascogale, Phascogale calura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 533-543

Bradley, A.J. 1995. Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura. pp. 102-103 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Bradley, A.J. 1997. Reproduction and life history in the red-tailed phascogale, Phascogale calura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): The adaptive-stress senescence hypothesis. Journal of Zoology, London 241: 739-755

Green, B, King, D. & Bradley, A. 1989. Water and energy metabolism and estimated food consumption rates of free-living wambengers, Phascogale calura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Wildlife Research 16: 501-507

Kitchener, D.J. 1981. Breeding, diet and habitat preference of Phascogale calura (Gould, 1844) (sic) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the Southern Wheat Belt, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9: 173-186

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Red-tailed Phascogale)

History of changes

• Phascogale penicillata pirata Thomas, O. 1904. On a collection of mammals made by Mr J.T. Tunney in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of South Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 222-229 [228].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 4.1.3.100 ♂ skin & skull, South Alligator River, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal, mesic savannas of the NT, possibly extinct in much of its former range, see Geyle et al. (2020).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

General References

Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G., Ten Have, J. & Chesser, R.T. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a 'Top End' endemic. Zootaxa 4055: 1-73 [43] (revised diagnosis and description)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [101] (recognised as subspecies of P. tapoatafa)

Dahl, K. 1897. Biological notes on North-Australian Mammalia. The Zoologist 4 1: 189-216

Woinarski, J.C.Z. 2004. The forest fauna of the Northern Territory. pp. 36-55 in Lunney, D. (ed.). Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales edn 2.

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G., Ten Have, J. & Chesser, R.T. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a 'Top End' endemic. Zootaxa 4055: 1-73

Introduction

A population on Cape York was noted and discussed by Aplin et al. (2015: 41).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Riverina (RIV) ; NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, subtropical, woodland.

General References

Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G., Ten Have, J. & Chesser, R.T. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a 'Top End' endemic. Zootaxa 4055: 1-73 [25] (revised description)

Braithwaite, R.W. 1989. Shelter selection by a small mammal community in the wet-dry tropics of Australia. Australian Mammalogy 12: 55-59

Braithwaite, R.W. & Muller, W.J. 1997. Rainfall, groundwater and refuges: predicting extinctions of Australian tropical mammal species. Australian Journal of Ecology 22: 57-67

Cuttle, P. 1982. A preliminary report on aspects of the behaviour of the dasyurid marsupial Phascogale tapoatafa. pp. 325-332 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Cuttle, P. 1982. Life history strategy of the dasyurid marsupial Phascogale tapoatafa. pp. 13-22 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Halley, M. 1992. Maintenance and captive breeding of the brush-tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa at Healesville Sanctuary. International Zoo Yearbook 1991 31: 153-156

Lunney, D. (ed.) 2004. Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales edn 2.

Lunt, I.D. 1988. Observations on the behaviour of the brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) at Black Hill, Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 105: 41-42

Rhind, S.G. 2004. Direct impacts of logging and forest management on the brush-tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa and other arboreal marsupials in jarrah forest of Western Australia. pp. 639-655 in Lunney, D. (ed.). Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales edn 2.

Scarff, F.R., Rhind, S.G. & Bradley, J.S. 1998. Diet and foraging behaviour of brush-tailed phascogales (Phascogale tapoatafa) in the jarrah forest of south-western Australia. Wildlife Research 25: 511-526

Soderquist, T. 1995. Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa. pp. 104-106 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Soderquist, T. & Lill, A. 1995. Natal dispersal and philopatry in the carnivorous marsupial Phascogale tapoatafa (Dasyuridae). Ethology 99: 297-312

Soderquist, T.R. 1993. Maternal strategies of Phascogale tapoatafa (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae) I. Breeding seasonality and maternal investment. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 567-576

Soderquist, T.R. 1995. Ontogeny of sexual dimorphism in size among polytocous mammals - tests of 2 carnivorous marsupials. Journal of Mammalogy 76: 376-390

Soderquist, T.R. 1995. Spatial organisation of the arboreal carnivorous marsupial Phascogale tapoatafa. Journal of Zoology, London 237: 385-398

Soderquist, T.R. & Ealey, L. 1994. Social interactions and mating strategies of a solitary carnivorous marsupial, Phascogale tapoatafa, in the wild. Wildlife Research 21: 527-542

Soderquist, T.R. & Serena, M. 1994. An experimental reintroduction programme for brush-tailed phascogales (Phascogale tapoatafa): the interface between captivity and the wild. pp. 431-438 in Olney, P.J.S., Mace, G.M. & Feisner, A.T.C. (eds). Creative conservation. Interactive management of wild and captive animals. London : Chapman and Hall.

Traill, B.J. & Coates, T.D. 1993. Field observations on the brush-tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 16: 61-65

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Brush-tailed Phascogale)

History of changes

• Phascogale tapoatafa kimberleyensis Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G. in Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G., Ten Have, J. & Chesser, R.T. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a 'Top End' endemic. Zootaxa 4055: 1-73 [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 16028 ♂ adult, Pago Mission, Napier Bay, near Broome, Western Australia [14°8’S 126°43'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 16029 ♂ subadult, locality as for holotype, collected 20th October 1909.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, subtropical, woodland.

History of changes

• Dasyurus tafa White, J. 1803. in Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. Note sur les espèces du genre dasyure. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3(81): 258-259 [159 (should be 259)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found in RCSE or BMNH; the holotype is the specimen described and figured under the name Tapoa Tafa by Anon. [Hunter, J.] in White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. London : J. Debrett xviii 299 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [281–284 pl 58]; preparation 3758 of Owen, R. 1841. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological Series of Comparative Anatomy Contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Products of generation. London : R. & J.E. Taylor 5 iv +xxxvii 284 pp. [209] is part of the holotype specimen), Sydney region, NSW (as New South Wales).

  Type locality references:

  White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. London : J. Debrett xviii 299 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [269].
• Viverra tapoatafa Meyer, F.A.A. 1793. Systematisch-Summarische Uebersicht der neuesten Zoologischen Entdeckungen in Neuholland und Afrika. Nebst zwey andern Zoologischen Abhandlungen. Leipzig : Dykischen Buchhandlung 184 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found in RCSE or BMNH; the holotype is the specimen described and figured under the name Tapoa Tafa by Anon. [Hunter, J.] in White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. London : J. Debrett xviii 299 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [281–284 pl 58]; preparation 3758 of Owen, R. 1841. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological Series of Comparative Anatomy Contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Products of generation. London : R. & J.E. Taylor 5 iv +xxxvii 284 pp. [209] is part of the holotype specimen), Sydney region, NSW (as New South Wales).

  Type locality references:

  Anon. [Hunter, J.] in White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. London : J. Debrett xvii 335 pp. [269].
• Didelphis penicillata Shaw, G. 1800. General Zoology or systematic natural history. Quadrupeds. London : G. Kearsley Vol. 1Pt 2 i-viii pp. 249-552. [502].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found in BMNH or RCSE), Australia (not given in original description); the holotype is not in existence according to Thomas (1888: 296).

  Type locality references:

  Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [7-8]

Generic Combinations

• Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793).
• Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, subtropical, woodland.

History of changes

• Phascogale tapoatafa wambenger Rhind, S.G. & Aplin, K.P. in Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G., Ten Have, J. & Chesser, R.T. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a 'Top End' endemic. Zootaxa 4055: 1-73 [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 7674 ♂ adult, Quindalup, Western Australia [33°40S’ 115°00’E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 5006 ♀ adult, Balingup Brook, Western Australia [33°41’S 116°05’E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, subtropical, woodland.

History of changes