Swamp antechinus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Swamp antechinus Antechinus minimus Least concern

Where the swamp 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 1,568 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See marsupials on the world map

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

Where does the swamp antechinus live?

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

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

What kind of animal is the swamp antechinus?

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

About the swamp antechinus

The swamp antechinus (Antechinus minimus), also known as the little Tasmanian marsupial mouse, is a species of shrew-like marsupial of the family Dasyuridae and as such is related to dunnarts, quolls and the Tasmanian devil.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Swamp antechinus (revision 1372371628), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q135416 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).