Taxonomy and redescription of the Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus (Thomas) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) Dyck, Steve Van Zootaxa 2013 2013-02-11 3613 3 201 228 5V9SM Thomas 1904 [192,298,1668,1694] Mammalia Dasyuridae Antechinus Animalia Dasyuromorphia 10 211 Chordata species bellus   Pelage:  Antechinus bellusis a strikingly pale animal: pale to medium grey above, sometimes with a faun tinge, whereas  A. flavipes leucogasterhas a greyish head that merges to buff-yellow on the rump and flanks.  External measurements:  Antechinus bellusis larger than  A. flavipes leucogasterin absolute measurement (i.e., with no overlap in ranges) for the following external characters for males and females: tail length and ear length. Moreover,  A. bellusis significantly larger than  A. flavipes leucogasterin head-body length and hindfoot length for both males and females (Table 2).  Skull:  Antechinus bellusdiffers from  A. flavipes leucogasterin absolute measurement (i.e., with no overlap in ranges) for the following 3 skull/dentary characters for males: R-LM 1, PL and LML and the following 4 skull/ dentary characters for females: R-LM 1, UML, BuL and LML. Moreover,  A. bellushas a range of other dentary features that significantly (p<0.01) differ from  A. flavipes leucogaster—13 variables for males and 13 variables for females, as shown in Table 2.  Other comments:  Antechinus bellusis found in savannah woodlands of the Top End, Northern Territory, whereas  A. flavipes leucogasteris found in south-western Australia.  A. belluspossesses a distally thickened and twisted supratragus of the ear rather than the simple, uncurled structure found in  A. flavipes leucogaster. Genetics: uncorrected pairwise difference at the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome B (CytB) between  A. bellusand  A. flavipes leucogasteris 9.9%.