Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Author
Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
journal article
10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
2201-4349
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Antechinus agilis
Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998
Aust. J. Zool
. 46(1): 5, figs 2–3, table 2. (
15 April 1998
).
Common name
. Agile
Antechinus
.
Current name
.
Antechinus agilis
Dickman
et al
. 1998
; following Jackson & Groves (2015).
Holotype
.
M.33319 by original designation. Male adult, Field no. MSC02, skull, body in alc., tongue in alc., frozen tissue; captured in an Elliott trap on
8 August 1997
by M. S. Crowther; registered
14 August 1997
.
Condition
. Cranium complete; left dentary missing coronoid process. Body in alc. in good condition.
Type locality
.
South
of the corner of
Warks Rd.
and
Blundells Creek Rd.
, near
Lees Creek
(
35°21'45"S
148°50'17"E
, alt.
740 m
), Brindabella Ranges,
Australian Capital Territory
,
Australia
.
Paratypes
. (36, by original designation).
ACT
(13): from the type locality,
Lees Creek
, collected by
M. S. Crowther
(3):
M.33317
, male, body in alc., frozen tissue, collected
13 August 1997
;
M.
33318
,
female
, body in alc., frozen tissue, collected
12 August 1997
;
M.
33320
,
female
, body in alc., frozen tissue, collected
7 August 1997
.
M.
32888
,
male
, skull, study skin,
Lees Creek
, Brindabella Ranges, collected in
August 1980
by
D. H. King.
M.
32914
–
15
,
males
, skulls, from
Lees Creek
,
Brindabella Ranges
[35°20'S 148°51'E], both collected in
August 1980
by
D. H. King.
M.
32919
,
male
, skull,
Bullen Range
,
Brindabella Ranges
[
35°21'S
148°58'E
], collected
August 1980
by
D. H. King.
M.
33157
[
Lees Creek
in publication], collected
21 June 1981
;
M.
33158
[
Lees Creek
in publication], collected
21 July 1980
, both
males
, both skulls;
M.
33159
[
Lees Creek
in publication], collected
22 July 1980
, all
three males
, skulls and skeletons;
M.
32920
,
male
, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue, Bushrangers Ck, Brindabella Ranges (lat. longs. not given), collected in
August 1980
by
D. H. King.
M.
32918
,
male
, skull,
Kangaroo Ck
,
Brindabella Ranges
[
35°32'S
148°53'E
], collected by
D. H. King
in
August 1980
.
M.
32913
,
male
, skull,
Woods Ck
,
Kangaroo Creek Rd.
,
Woods Reserve
[
33°35'53"S
150°40'05"E
], collected by
D. H. King
in
August 1980
.
NSW
(23) Kioloa, collected by
D. H. King
in
August 1980
(
20 specimens
)
:
M.
32890
,
male
, skull;
M.
32892
,
male
, skull;
M.
32893
,
male
, skull and part skeleton;
M.
32894
–
900
,
seven males
, skulls;
M.
32901
,
male
, skull, body in alc.;
M.
32902
–
03
,
males
, skulls and part skeletons;
M.
32904
,
female
, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue;
M.
32906
,
female
, skull;
M.
32907
–
09
,
three females
, skulls, bodies in alc.;
M.
32910
,
female
, skull;
M.
32911
,
female
, skull, body in alc.
M.
33160
, collected
March 1979
;
M.
33161
, collected
25 July 1979
,
both
females
, skulls and skeletons,
Bowylie
[Gundaroo in publication] [
35°03'S
149°16'E
], both collected by
C.
Dickman.
M.
32912
,
male
, skull,
Bodalla State Forest
[
36°10'S
150°00'E
], collected by
D. H. King
in
August 1980
.
Figure 5. Skin mount of AM PA.658, syntype of
Antechinus allanii
Krefft, 1872b
. (Photography by Sally Cowan).
Comments
.
Type series totals
39 specimens
, the remaining
two paratypes
are in
ANWC
.