Species Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Spencer, 1895)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phascogale macdonnellensis Spencer, B. 1895. Preliminary notice of two new species of marsupials from Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 222-224 [222].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV C7804 ♀ spirit specimen (skull not removed), Alice Springs, NT.
• Pseudantechinus roryi Cooper, N.K., Aplin, K.P. & Adams, M. 2000. A new species of false antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) from the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 115-136 [125].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM M34277 adult ♂, skull and dentaries separate, Woodstock Station, 500 metres north of the homestead, WA [21°36'42"S 118°57'20"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM M34204, Woodstock Station, WA; WAM M47244, Nifty Mine, WA; WAM M45090, Nifty Mine, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ride, W.D.L. 1964. Antechinus rosamondae, a new species of dasyurid marsupial from the Pilbara district of Western Australia; with remarks on the classification of Antechinus. Western Australian Naturalist 9: 58-65 [62]
• Umbrello, L.S., Woolley, P.A. & Westerman, M. 2017. Species relationships in the dasyurid marsupial genus Pseudantechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): a re-examination of the taxonomic status of Pseudantechinus roryi. Australian Journal of Zoology 65: 240-247

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Spencer, 1895). —
  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 [139] (new combination as type species of genus Pseudantechinus)
• Parantechinus macdonnellensis (Spencer, 1895). —
  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 x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [24]
• Antechinus macdonnellensis (Spencer, 1895). —
  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 [6]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Rock outcrops, termitaria, primarily nocturnal.

 

General References

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

Burwell, C.J., Geiser, F., Barritt, M., May, K., & Pavey, C.R. 2005. Additional records of prey of the fat-tailed false antechinus Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis from central Australia. Australian Mammalogy 27: 227-229

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

Gilfillan, S.L. 2001. An ecological study of a population of Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in central Australia. I. Invertebrate food supply, diet and reproductive strategy. Wildlife Research 28: 469-480

Gilfillan, S.L. 2001. An ecological study of a population of Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in central Australia. II. Population dynamics and movements. Wildlife Research 28: 481-492

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.

Morton, S.R. 1982. Dasyurid marsupials of the Australian arid zone: an ecological review. pp. 117-130 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Pavey, C.R., Goodship, N. & Geiser, F. 2003. Home range and spatial organisation of the rock-dwelling carnivorous marsupial, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis. Wildlife Research 30: 135-142

Woolley, P.A. 1991. Reproduction in Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): field and laboratory observations. Wildlife Research 18: 13-25

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	DASYUROMORPHIA	07-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
02-Sep-2019	DASYURINAE	07-Aug-2019	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2010		15-Oct-2010	MOVED
07-Feb-2024		15-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)