Alexandria false antechinus

Alexandria false antechinus[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Pseudantechinus
Species:
P. mimulus
Binomial name
Pseudantechinus mimulus
(Thomas 1906)
Alexandria false antechinus range

The Alexandria false antechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus), also known as the Carpentarian false antechinus or Carpentarian pseudantechinus, is a small carnivorous marsupial, found only in a number of small, isolated localities in northern Australia. It is the smallest and rarest of the false antechinuses.[3]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A.A. (2016). "Pseudantechinus mimulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18447A21945496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T18447A21945496.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 60.