Antechinus vandycki

A. M. Baker, T. Y. Mutton, E. D. Mason, & E. L. Gray, 2015

Tasman Peninsula Dusky Antechinus

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Baker, A.M., Mutton, T.Y., Mason, E.D. and Gray, E.L. 2015. A taxonomic assessment of the Australian dusky antechinus complex: a new species, the Tasman Peninsula dusky antechinus (_Antechinus vandycki_ sp. nov.) and an elevation to species of the mainland dusky antechinus (_Antechinus swainsonii mimetes_ (Thomas)). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (Nature)59:75-126.

Original name as described

Antechinus vandycki

Type material

QM JM20111

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lichen Road, 43° 03´ 07˝ S, 147° 54´ 56˝ E, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Baker, A., Mutton, T., Mason, E., & Gray, E. (2015). A taxonomic assessment of the Australian dusky antechinus complex: a new species, the Tasman peninsula dusky antechinus (Antechinus vandycki sp. nov.) and an elevation to species of the mainland dusky antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii mimetes (Thomas)). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum-Nature, 59, 75-126.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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