Antechinus naso (Long-nosed Antechinus)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Long-nosed Antechinus

Common Names in French:

Souris marsupiale à long nez

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: Arboreal lifestyle (Nowak 1999)[1]

List of Habitats : 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Marsupialia () - (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Australidelphia () - (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Eometatheria () - (Simpson, 1970) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Grandorder: Dasyuromorphia () - (Gill, 1872) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Order: Dasyuromorphia () - (Gill, 1872) Aplin & Archer, in Archer, ed., 1987
        Family: Dasyuridae () - (Goldfuss, 1820) Waterhouse, 1838
        Subfamily: Dasyurinae ()
        Tribe: Phascogalini ()
        Genus: Antechinus () - Macleay, 1841
        Specific name: naso
        Scientific name: - Antechinus naso (Jentink, 1911)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Antechinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. adustus (Rusty Antechinus) · A. agilis (Agile Antechinus) · A. bellus (Fawn Antechinus) · A. flavipes (Yellow-Footed Antechinus) · A. flavipes flavipes (Yellow-Footed Antechinus) · A. godmani (Atherton Antechinus) · A. habbema (Habbema Antechinus) · A. leo (Cinnamon Antechinus) · A. melanurus (Black-Tailed Dasyure) · A. minimus (Swamp Antechinus) · A. minimus maritimus (Swamp Antechinus) · A. minimus minimus (Swamp Antechinus) · A. naso (Long-Nosed Antechinus) · A. ningbing (Ningbing Pseudantechinus) · A. stuartii (Brown Antechinus) · A. stuartii stuartii (Brown Antechinus) · A. subtropicus (Subtropical Antechinus) · A. swainsoni (Dusky Antechinus) · A. swainsonii (Dusky Antechinus) · A. swainsonii swainsonii (Dusky Antechinus) · A. wilhelmina (Lesser Antechinus)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107419
IUCN ID: 1587
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963844

Footnotes

Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]