Fat-tailed false antechinus

Fat-tailed 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. macdonnellensis
Binomial name
Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
(Spencer, 1896)
Fat-tailed false antechinus range

The fat-tailed false antechinus (Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis), also called the fat-tailed pseudantechinus and red-eared antechinus, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It is an inhabitant of western and central Australia. Its species name, macdonnellensis, refers to the MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs, where it was first discovered.

  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.; van Weenen, J.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40537A21945598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40537A21945598.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.