A NEW SPECIES OF FALSE ANTECHINUS (MARSUPIALIA DASYUROMORPHIA DASYURIDAE) FROM THE PILBARA REGION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Abstract - Pseudantechinus roryi sp. nov. from the Pilbara region of Western Australia is described. The new species is close genetically to P. macdonnellensis but differs from that species and all other members of the genus in aspects of cranial, dental and external morphology. Pseudantechinus roryi is found in regional sympatry with P. woolleyae, but is narrowly allopatric with P. macdonnellensis of the central Australian uplands. A revised generic diagnosis of Pseudantechinus is given and the phylogenetic position of Pseudantechinus within the Dasyurinae is discussed.