Murexia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyuromorphia
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Dasyurinae
Tribus: Phascogalini
Genus: Murexia
Species (6): M. habbema – M. hageni – M. longicaudata – M. melanurus – M. naso – M. rothschildi

Name

• Murexia Tate & Archbold, 1937: 335

Type species: Phascogale murex Thomas, 1913, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Micromurexia Van Dyck, 2002: 246 [synonymised by Krajewski et al. 2007: 703; Westerman et al. 2016: 687]

Type species: Antechinus habbema Tate & Archbold, 1941, by monotypy and original designation.

• Phascomurexia Van Dyck, 2002: 257 [synonymised by Krajewski et al. 2007: 703; Westerman et al. 2016: 687]

Type species: Phascogale naso Jentink, 1911, by monotypy and original designation.

• Paramurexia Van Dyck, 2002: 293 [synonymised by Krajewski et al. 2007: 703; Westerman et al. 2016: 687]

Type species: Phascogale rothschildi Tate, 1938, by monotypy and original designation.

• Murexechinus Van Dyck, 2002: 300 [synonymised by Krajewski et al. 2007: 703; Westerman et al. 2016: 687]

Type species: Phascogale melanura Thomas, 1899, by monotypy and original designation.

References

Primary references

• Tate, G.H.H. & Archbold, R. 1937. Results of the Archbold expeditions. 16. Some marsupials of New Guinea and Celebes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 73: 331–476. hdl: 2246/1835
• Van Dyck, S. 2002. Morphology-based revision of Murexia and Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48: 239–330. BHL Reference page. 
• Krajewski, C., Torunsky, R., Sipiorski, J.T. & Westerman, M. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of the dasyurid marsupial genus Murexia. Journal of Mammalogy 88(3): 696–705. DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-310R.19R1.1
• Westerman, M., Krajewski, C., Kear, B.P., Meehan, L., Meredith, R.W., Emerling, C.A. & Springer, M.S. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of dasyuromorphian marsupials revisited. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(3): 686–701. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12323
• Menkhorst, P.W.; Knight, F. (2011). A field guide to the mammals of Australia (3rd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780195573954.

Additional references

• Armstrong, L.A., Krajewski, C. & Westerman, M. 1998. Phylogeny of the dasyurid marsupial genus Antechinus based on cytochrome-b, 12S-rRNA, and Protamine-P1 Genes. Journal of Mammalogy 79(4): 1379–1389. DOI: 10.2307/1383028
• Krajewski, C., Wroe, S. & Westerman ,M. 2000. Molecular evidence for the pattern and timing of cladogenesis in dasyurid marsupials. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130(3): 375–404. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb01635.x
• Helgen, K.M. 2007. A taxonomic and geographic overview of the mammal fauna of Papua. pp. 689–749 in Marshall, A.J. & Beehler, B.M. (eds.). The ecology of Papua. Ecology of Indonesia. Part One. Periplus Editions: Singapore. 784 pp. ISBN 9781462906796 Reference page. 

Links

• Murexia in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.