False antechinus
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The genus
Pseudantechinus are members of the Dasyuromorphia
order
. They are often called false antechinuses, although this genus includes the Sandstone Dibbler
, which was previously assigned to a different genus.
The species of this genus are as follows:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Pseudantechinus are members of the Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuromorphia
The order Dasyuromorphia comprises most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the recently extinct thylacine...
order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
. They are often called false antechinuses, although this genus includes the Sandstone Dibbler
Sandstone Dibbler
The Sandstone False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus bilarni, also known as the Sandstone Pseudantechinus, the Sandstone Antechinus, the Sandstone Dibbler, Harney's Antechinus and the Northern Dibbler, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial, which has a patchy distribution in Australia's Northern...
, which was previously assigned to a different genus.
The species of this genus are as follows:
- Sandstone DibblerSandstone DibblerThe Sandstone False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus bilarni, also known as the Sandstone Pseudantechinus, the Sandstone Antechinus, the Sandstone Dibbler, Harney's Antechinus and the Northern Dibbler, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial, which has a patchy distribution in Australia's Northern...
, Pseudantechinus bilarni - Fat-tailed False AntechinusFat-tailed False AntechinusThe Fat-tailed False Antechinus , also called the Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus and Red-eared Antechinus, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order...
, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis - Alexandria False AntechinusAlexandria False AntechinusThe Alexandria False Antechinus , also known as the Carpentarian False Antechinus or Carpentarian Pseudantechinus, is a small carnivorous marsupial, found only in a number of small, isolated localities in northern Australia...
, Pseudantechinus mimulus - Ningbing False AntechinusNingbing False AntechinusThe Ningbing False Antechinus , also known as the Ningbing Pseudantechinus, is a small species of carnivorous marsupial found in north-western Australia...
, Pseudantechinus ningbing - Rory Cooper's False AntechinusRory Cooper's False AntechinusRory Cooper's False Antechinus , also known as the Tan False Antechinus and the Tan Pseudantechinus, is a recently named species of small carnivorous marsupial which inhabits rocky outcrops in Western Australia...
, Pseudantechinus roryi - Woolley's False AntechinusWoolley's False AntechinusWoolley's False Antechinus , also known as Woolley's Pseudantechinus, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae...
, Pseudantechinus woolleyae