Antechinomys

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Antechinomys [1]
Temporal range: Quaternary - Recent [2]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Tribe: Sminthopsini
Genus: Antechinomys
Krefft, 1867
Type species
Antechinomys laniger
(Gould, 1856)

Antechinomys is a genus of the family Dasyuridae, and is represented by two living species. It is the sister genus of Sminthopsis .

Taxonomy

References

  1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. "Antechinomys Krefft 1867 (marsupial)". Paleobiology Database.
  3. Michael Westerman; Linette Umbrello; Patricia A. Woolley (2023). "On the composition of Antechinomys (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): how many species?". Australian Journal of Zoology. 70 (3): 95–103. doi:10.1071/ZO22041.