Brown antechinus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown antechinus lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Antechinus stuartii
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the brown antechinus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown antechinus in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brown antechinus endangered?

The brown antechinus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown antechinus?

The brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Antechinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown antechinus

The brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii), also known as Stuart's antechinus and Macleay's marsupial mouse, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. The males die after their first breeding season, and the species holds the world record for being the world's smallest semelparous mammal.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown antechinus (revision 1314177501), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194186 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).