Silver-headed antechinus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the silver-headed antechinus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the silver-headed 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 silver-headed antechinus endangered?

The silver-headed antechinus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the silver-headed antechinus?

The silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Antechinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the silver-headed antechinus

The silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus) is a species of dasyurid marsupial of the genus Antechinus. Described in 2013, the species is known only from three locations so far: Blackdown Tableland National Park, Kroombit Tops National Park and Bulburin National Park in central Queensland. It is one of the most recently described Australian marsupials.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Silver-headed antechinus (revision 1346055030), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q18562266 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).