Antechinus Macleay, 1841 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 8:242.

TYPE SPECIES: Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 .

COMMENTS: For the exclusion of Parantechinus and Pseudantechinus see Haltenorth (1958:18) and Ride (1964a); and of Dasykaluta see Archer (1982:434).