Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King 1998
Creators: name: Parnaby, Harry E.
name: Ingleby, Sandy
name: Divljan, Anja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuridae
Antechinus
Antechinus agilis

description: 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.
Comments. Type series totals 39 specimens, the remaining two paratypes are in ANWC.
description: Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on pages 303-304, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800