Murexechinus melanurus (black-tailed antechinus) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Metatheria (marsupial mammals)
        
        Order Dasyuromorphia (dasyuroid marsupials and marsupial carnivores)
        
        Family Dasyuridae (dasyurids)
        
        Subfamily Dasyurinae (dasyures and relatives)
        
        Tribe Phascogalini (dasyures, antechinuses, and phascogales)
        
        Genus Murexechinus (black-tailed antechinus)
        
        Species Murexechinus melanurus (black-tailed antechinus)