Rory Cooper's false antechinus
| Rory Cooper's false antechinus[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Pseudantechinus |
| Species: | P. roryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudantechinus roryi | |
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| Rory Cooper's false antechinus range | |
Rory Cooper's false antechinus (Pseudantechinus roryi), also known as the tan false antechinus and the tan pseudantechinus, is a recently namedPseudantechinus macdonnellensis.
Rory Cooper's false antechinus has been found from the
Barrow Island also belong to this species. It differs from other members of its genus in its reddish-brown colouring; the typical colouring of a false antechinus is grey-brown.[4]
An analysis of specimens in a comparison of Pseudantechinus phylogenies, based on evidence of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, found no support for separation from the species Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis.[5]
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Burbidge, A., Cooper, N. & Morris, K. 2016. Pseudantechinus roryi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136620A21945749. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136620A21945749.en.
- ^ Cooper, N. K.; Aplin, K. P.; Adams, M. (2000). "New species of false antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) from the Pilbara region, Western Australia". Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 20: 115–136.
- ^ a b Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 252.
- S2CID 90114388.