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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DASYUROMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Dasyuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Dasyurinae
--> TRIBE Phascogalini
--> GENUS Murexechinus
SPECIES Murexechinus melanurus
| Author: | Thomas, 1899. | | Citation: | Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 20: 191. | | Common Name: | Black-tailed Dasyure | | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., Astrolabe Range, Moroka, 9°24’S, 147°32’E, 1300 m. | | Distribution: | New Guinea, from 134°00’E to 151°01’E (Normanby Isl), sea level to 2800 m. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Antechinus melanurus, Data Deficient as A. wilhelmina. | | Comments: | Usually included in Antechinus, but reassigned to Murexia by Armstrong et al. (1998) and to a new genus by Van Dyck (2002). Synonymy after Van Dyck (2000). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
mayeri (Dollman, 1930)
modesta (Thomas, 1912)
wilhelmina Tate, 1947
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