Fawn antechinus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Fawn antechinus Antechinus bellus Vulnerable

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 563 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See marsupials on the world map

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

Where does the fawn antechinus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the fawn antechinus in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

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 fawn antechinus endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the fawn antechinus?

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

About the fawn antechinus

The fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus) is a species of small carnivorous marsupial found in northern Australia. It is the only Antechinus to be found in the Northern Territory and has a patchy, restricted range.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Fawn antechinus (revision 1368799209), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q135411 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).