Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Dasyuromorphia > Dasyuridae > Pseudantechinus > Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Fat-tailed False Antechinus)

Synonyms: Phascogale macdonnellensis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The fat-tailed false antechinus (Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis), also called the fat-tailed pseudantechinus and red-eared antechinus, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It is an inhabitant of western and central Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.61
EDGE Score: 1.89
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  28 grams
Birth Weight [2]  0.0123 grams
Female Weight [1]  30 grams
Male Weight [1]  26 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15.4 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  100 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  11 months 20 days
Male Maturity [2]  11 months 20 days
Gestation [2]  43 days
Litter Size [2]  6
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  7 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.331 inches (11 cm)
Weaning [2]  3 months 16 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ngaanyatjarra Indigenous Protected Area 24623181 Western Australia, Australia      
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park II 332429 Northern Territory, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Oochoristica antechini <Unverified Name>[4]
Spirometra erinacei[4]
Spirometra erinaceieuropaei[5]
Toxoplasma gondii[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0