Antechinus stuartii

Macleay, 1841

Brown 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

Macleay, W.S. 1841-12-01. Notice of a new genus of Mammalia discovered by J. Stuart, Esq., in New South Wales. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)8(51):241-243.

Original name as described

Antechinus Stuartii

Other common names

Macleay's Marsupial Mouse · Stuart's Antechinus

Type material

AM M.5294

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Manly (Spring Cove, Sydney Harbour), New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

the name allanii is tentatively included as a synonym of A. stuartii, although the name has only recently been found again and the taxonomic status of this name needs to be investigated

Taxonomy notes citation

Parnaby, H., Ingleby, S., & Divljan, A. (2017). Type specimens of non-fossil mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum, 69(5), 277-420.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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