Atherton antechinus

Species of marsupial

Atherton antechinus[1]
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Antechinus
Species:
A. godmani
Binomial name
Antechinus godmani
(Thomas, 1923)
Atherton antechinus range

The Atherton antechinus (Antechinus godmani), also known as Godman's antechinus, is a species of small carnivorous, insectivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is one of the rarest members of its genus, and differs from other antechinuses in its more rufous body colour and small eyes.[3]

Taxonomy

The Atherton antechinus was first described in 1923 by Oldfield Thomas. For many years, it was regarded as a subspecies of the yellow-footed antechinus (A. flavipes).[4] A member of the dasyurid family, the Atherton antechinus is a member of the genus Antechinus, of which it is one of the most restricted members.

Description

The Atherton antechinus is a dull brown colour, and is among the largest of the antechinuses. The species has an almost naked tail.[4]

The Atherton antechinus is believed to be mostly nocturnal or crepuscular,[3] at which times it emerges to feed, mostly on terrestrial invertebrates. The mating season is July–August, after which all of the males subsequently die.[3]

Distribution and habitat

The Atherton antechinus is restricted to a 130 km region of rainforest between Mount Bellenden Ker and Cardwell, in northeastern Queensland. It builds nests in tree hollows or leaf litter of epiphytes.[3]

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Burnett, S.; Winter, J. (2019). "Antechinus godmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T1583A21945986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T1583A21945986.en.
  3. ^ a b c d Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 54.
  4. ^ a b Van Dyck, S.M. (1995). "Atherton Antechinus". In Strahan, Ronald (ed.). The Mammals of Australia. Reed Books. pp. 89–90.

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Extant Dasyuromorphia species
Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Dasyurinae
Dasyurini
Dasycercus
(Mulgaras)
  • Southern mulgara (D. archeri)
  • Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi)
  • Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda)
  • Ampurta (D. hilleri)
  • Little mulgara (D. marlowi)
  • Northern mulgara (D. woolleyae
Dasykaluta
  • Little red kaluta (D. rosamondae)
Dasyuroides
  • Kowari (D. byrnei)
Dasyurus
(Quolls)
  • New Guinean quoll (D. albopunctatus)
  • Western quoll (D. geoffroii)
  • Northern quoll (D. hallucatus)
  • Tiger quoll (D. maculatus)
  • Bronze quoll (D. spartacus)
  • Eastern quoll (D. viverrinus)
Myoictis
  • Woolley's three-striped dasyure (M. leucura)
  • Three-striped dasyure (M. melas)
  • Wallace's dasyure (M. wallacii)
  • Tate's three-striped dasyure (M. wavicus)
Neophascogale
  • Speckled dasyure (N. lorentzi)
Parantechinus
  • Dibbler (P. apicalis)
Phascolosorex
(Marsupial shrews)
  • Red-bellied marsupial shrew (P. doriae)
  • Narrow-striped marsupial shrew (P. dorsalis)
Pseudantechinus
(False antechinuses)
  • Sandstone false antechinus (P. bilarni)
  • Fat-tailed false antechinus (P. macdonnellensis)
  • Alexandria false antechinus (P. mimulus)
  • Ningbing false antechinus (P. ningbing)
  • Rory Cooper's false antechinus (P. roryi)
  • Woolley's false antechinus (P. woolleyae)
Sarcophilus
  • Tasmanian devil (S. harrisii)
Phascogalini
Antechinus
  • Tropical antechinus (A. adustus)
  • Agile antechinus (A. agilis)
  • Fawn antechinus (A. bellus)
  • Yellow-footed antechinus (A. flavipes)
  • Atherton antechinus (A. godmani)
  • Cinnamon antechinus (A. leo)
  • Swamp antechinus (A. minimus)
  • Brown antechinus (A. stuartii)
  • Subtropical antechinus (A. subtropicus)
  • Dusky antechinus (A. swainsonii)
Murexia
  • Habbema dasyure (M. habbema)
  • Short-furred dasyure (M. longicaudata)
  • Black-tailed dasyure (M. melanurus)
  • Long-nosed dasyure (M. naso)
  • Broad-striped dasyure (M. rothschildi)
Phascogale
  • Red-tailed phascogale (P. calura)
  • Brush-tailed phascogale (P. tapoatafa)
Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Sminthopsinae
Sminthopsini
Antechinomys
  • Kultarr (A. laniger)
Ningaui
  • Wongai ningaui (N. ridei)
  • Pilbara ningaui (N. timealeyi)
  • Southern ningaui (N. yvonnae)
Sminthopsis
(Dunnarts)
  • S. crassicaudata species-group: Fat-tailed dunnart (S. crassicaudata)
  • S. macroura species-group: Kakadu dunnart (S. bindi)
  • Carpentarian dunnart (S. butleri)
  • Julia Creek dunnart (S. douglasi)
  • Stripe-faced dunnart (S. macroura)
  • Red-cheeked dunnart (S. virginiae)
  • S. granulipes species-group: White-tailed dunnart (S. granulipes)
  • S. griseoventer species-group: Kangaroo Island dunnart (S. aitkeni)
  • Boullanger Island dunnart (S. boullangerensis)
  • Grey-bellied dunnart (S. griseoventer)
  • S. longicaudata species-group: Long-tailed dunnart (S. longicaudata)
  • S. murina species-group: Chestnut dunnart (S. archeri)
  • Little long-tailed dunnart (S. dolichura)
  • Sooty dunnart (S. fulginosus)
  • Gilbert's dunnart (S. gilberti)
  • White-footed dunnart (S. leucopus)
  • Slender-tailed dunnart (S. murina)
  • S. psammophila species-group: Hairy-footed dunnart (S. hirtipes)
  • Ooldea dunnart (S. ooldea)
  • Sandhill dunnart (S. psammophila)
  • Lesser hairy-footed dunnart (S. youngsoni)
Planigalini
Planigale
  • Paucident planigale (P. gilesi)
  • Long-tailed planigale (P. ingrami)
  • Common planigale (P. maculata)
  • New Guinean planigale (P. novaeguineae)
  • Narrow-nosed planigale (P. tenuirostris)
  • Orange-headed Pilbara planigale (P. kendricki)
  • Cracking-clay Pilbara planigale (P. tealei)
Myrmecobius
  • Numbat (M. fasciatus)
Taxon identifiers
Antechinus godmani