Parantechinus apicalis (Gray, 1842:518)
Dibbler, Southern dibbler, Freckled antechinus, Freckled pouched mouse (Lucas & Le Souëf, 1909:125), Pencilled pouched mouse (Gray, 1843:99), Freckled marsupial mouse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Phascogale apicalis Gray, 1842:518 (basionym); Antechinus apicalis (Gray, 1842:518)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1881; 1884 (Flannery, 1990:106)
Rediscovered in 28 January 1967 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
IUCN status: Endangered
Although rediscovered in 1967, it wasn't until the mid-1970's that further specimens were found near Albany in the state's south-west (Anonymous, 1976).
Distribution
Queensland (extirpated), South Australia (extirpated?) & Western Australia, Australia
Type locality: "doubtless from Australasia" (Cogger et al., 1983:23)
Biology & Ecology
"Ecology: open heath, terrestrial, crepuscular, nocturnal, predator, burrowing, litter; scansorial."
(Mahoney & Ride, 1988:23)
Hypodigm
Holotype: BMNH 42.8.18.3 (skin) / BMNH 44.6.15.8 (skull) (female) (Cogger et al., 1983:23)
Type locality: "doubtless from Australasia" (Cogger et al., 1983:23)
BMNH 1848.1.27.27 (Beck et al., 2022:SM14)
BMNH 1846.4.4.90 (Beck et al., 2022:SM14)
BMNH 1844.9.30.6 (Beck et al., 2022:SM14)
WAM 9668 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
WAM 9669 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
WAM 10320 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
WAM 10321 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
WAM 13997 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
WAM 14931 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
WAM 15471 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
WAM 15472 (Kitchener & Vicker, 1981:15)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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