Species of marsupial
| Woolley's false antechinus[1] |
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Conservation status |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2] |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Pseudantechinus |
| Species: | P. woolleyae |
| Binomial name |
Pseudantechinus woolleyae
Kitchener & Caputi, 1988 |
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| Woolley's false antechinus range |
Woolley's false antechinus (Pseudantechinus woolleyae), also known as Woolley's pseudantechinus, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae. It is found in the Australian state of Western Australia, primarily in the Pilbara, Ashburton and Murchison regions.[3]
Taxonomy
Woolley's false antechinus was, like most false antechinuses, long believed to be a form of the fat-tailed false antechinus, which it closely resembles. It was not given full species status until 1988. The common and species names honour Dr Patricia Woolley, an Australian expert on these dasyurid marsupials.[4]
Description
Woolley's false antechinus is the largest false antechinus and its behaviour is little known. It has a breeding life of two or more years, unlike many of its relatives which live for a short time.[3] Births occur in September–October and the young are sexually mature at 10 months.[3]
Woolley's false antechinus is coloured rich brown above and buff below. It has a flattened tail and chestnut patches behind its ears.[4]
Habitat
Woolley's false antechinus inhabits rocky hillsides, usually vegetated with acacia scrub or spinifex grass. It is found in the western area of Western Australia.[3]
References
- ^ 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. 28. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Burbidge, A.; Cooper, N.; Woolley, P.; Morris, K. (2016). "Pseudantechinus woolleyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40539A21945425. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40539A21945425.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-19-550870-X.
- ^ a b Woolley, P.A. (1995). "Woolley's False Antechinus". In Strahan, Ronald (ed.). The Mammals of Australia. Reed Books. pp. 80–81.
External links
- Image of the type specimen's skull
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| 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
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| Dasykaluta | - Little red kaluta (D. rosamondae)
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| Dasyuroides | |
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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)
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| 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)
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| Neophascogale | - Speckled dasyure (N. lorentzi)
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| Parantechinus | |
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Phascolosorex
(Marsupial shrews) | - Red-bellied marsupial shrew (P. doriae)
- Narrow-striped marsupial shrew (P. dorsalis)
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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)
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| Sarcophilus | - Tasmanian devil (S. harrisii)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| Phascogale | - Red-tailed phascogale (P. calura)
- Brush-tailed phascogale (P. tapoatafa)
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| Sminthopsini | | Antechinomys | |
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| Ningaui | - Wongai ningaui (N. ridei)
- Pilbara ningaui (N. timealeyi)
- Southern ningaui (N. yvonnae)
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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)
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| 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)
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Taxon identifiers |
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