Antechinus bellus

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Fawn Antechinus

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Phascogalinae
Genus : Antechinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1904. On a collection of mammals made by Mr J.T. Tunney in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of South Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11:222-229.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858956

Original name as described

Phascogale bella

Other common names

Fawn Marsupial Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.3.102

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/14ad729c-32d4-4694-8a18-22bdfd4e9dd7

Type locality

South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000171

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Phascogale bella

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

bellus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.3.102

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/14ad729c-32d4-4694-8a18-22bdfd4e9dd7

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858956

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Thomas (1904:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16463)
Jackson & Groves (2015:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Antechinus bellus

Tate, 1947

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

bellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)
Corbet & Hill (1980:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69000)
Van Dyck (2002:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40460834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13504)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Jackson & Groves (2015:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40523/21946388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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