Antechinomys Krefft 1866

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Dasyuromorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 22-37 : 32

Antechinomys Krefft 1866

Antechinomys Krefft 1866 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866: 434.

Type Species: Phascogale lanigera Gould 1856

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Antechinomys laniger (Gould 1856)

Discussion: Included in Sminthopsis by Archer (1979:329, 1981:187) and by McKenna and Bell (1997); but Lidicker (1983:1317) considered Antechinomys a distinct genus, and Krajewski et al. (1997 b) and Blacket et al. (1999) separated it from Sminthopsis on the basis of their molecular findings.