Antechinomys

Antechinomys [1] Temporal range: Quaternary - Recent [2]
Scientific classification
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

• Genus Antechinomys ^[3]
  • Antechinomys laniger (Gould, 1856) Kultarr
  • Antechinomys longicaudatus (Spencer, 1909) Long-tailed dunnart

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: 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 .