The fat-tailed false antechinus, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis, also called the fat-tailed pseudantechinus or red-eared antechinus, is a marsupial in the order Dasyuromorphia and family Dasyuridae, native to western and central Australia including South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. Its species name comes from the MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs, where it was first discovered, and it occupies rocky environments and rocky slopes and plains of central Australia. The species is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific NamePseudantechinus macdonnellensis 3 Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Fat-tailed false antechinus (Wikidata)
In Biome
Desert, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
In Ecosystem
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHabitat Regions, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive (hunted-fished)
Historically, indigenous Australians have hunted fat-tailed pseudantechinuses for food, and it is possible some tribes still do so.
In Biome: Desert, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
In Ecosystem: Simpson Desert, Geographic Range
Their eastern range extends to the western edge of the Simpson Desert in South Australia, and westward they occupy much of the Gibson Desert, the northern fringes of the Great Victoria Desert, and the southern and eastern outskirts of the Gibson Desert in Western Australia.
In Ecosystem: Great Victoria Desert, Geographic Range
Their eastern range extends to the western edge of the Simpson Desert in South Australia, and westward they occupy much of the Gibson Desert, the northern fringes of the Great Victoria Desert, and the southern and eastern outskirts of the Gibson Desert in Western Australia.
View the Source 3. Fat-tailed false antechinus (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q133197 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Dasyuridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 4. Fat-tailed false antechinus (Wikipedia)
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