Antechinus minimus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Swamp Antechinus

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Phascogalinae
Genus : Antechinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803-12. Note sur les espèces du genre Dasyure. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805) 3(81):158-159.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5495399

Original name as described

Dasyurus minimus

Other common names

Little Tasmanian Marsupial Mouse

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1987-233

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1987-233

Type locality

probably Waterhouse Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000176

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phascogale affinis

(J. E. Gray, 1841)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1241

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c6c2f74-00d4-4353-a078-86c143f5661e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3caa22b3-5c4a-4a42-8b5a-7f39f6ecfd85 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e188a72-3110-40e0-a75f-03ec1256bad8

Authority page

406

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Dasyurus minimus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1987-233

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1987-233

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5495399

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Name usages

Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Phascogale (Antechinus) swainsoni maritima

(H. H. Finlayson, 1958)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maritimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SAMA M4985

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Phascogale minima

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

minima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207683

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Antechinus minimus

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1947:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40525/21946728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Antechinus minimus maritimus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maritimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Antechinus minimus minimus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Antechinus Concinnus

Higgins & Petterd, 1884

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

concinnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26235348

Authority publication

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

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