Sandstone false antechinus

Pseudantechinus bilarni bag is a species of the genus fat tail bag mice.

Characteristics and lifestyle

Pseudantechinus bilarni is an insectivorous Art It is partly diurnal and differs from other members of the genus by the long, narrow mouth and rather greyish color. The mating season runs from May and July.

This bag is native mouse End and the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory in the rocky areas around the top. She lives on the rock platforms situated on the coast of Iceland Marchinbar ( Wessel Islands).

The IUCN lists it as Near Threatened ( near threatened ).

Taxonomy

Pseudantechinus bilarni was discovered in 1948 at an Australian- American expedition to Arnhem Land, but not until six years later, in 1954, described. The specific epithet bilarni reflects the name of the Australian writer and naturalist William Edward ( "Bill" ) Harney reflected in the pronunciation of the Aborigines. Harney had been members of the expedition.

Initially Pseudantechinus bilarni was placed in the genus Antechinus or Parantechinus. Only in 2000 it was assigned to the fat tail bag mice, this arrangement could, however, make (together with the classification of Pseudantechinus woolleyae ) the genus paraphyletic.

Swell

• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, DE, and Reeder, DM ( eds ): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 27, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Woolley, P. A. & Begg, R. J. (1995 ): "Northern Dibbler ", in Strahan, Ronald, The Mammals of Australia, Reed Books, pp. 74-75
• Menkhorst, Peter ( 2001): A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 60
• Pseudantechinus bilarni in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN 2006 Posted by: . Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group, 2000 Retrieved on 4 June 2008.

• Dasyuridae
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