Genus Parantechinus Tate, 1947

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parantechinus 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 [137].

  Type species:

   Phascogale apicalis Gray, 1842 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Archer, M. 1982. Review of the dasyurid (Marsupialia) fossil record, integration of data bearing on phylogenetic interpretation, and suprageneric classification. pp. 397-443 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.
• 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.
• 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

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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

General References

Westerman, M., Young, J. & Krajewski C. 2008. Molecular relationships of species of Pseudantechinus, Parantechinus and Dasykaluta (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 29: 201–212

History of changes