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DUSKY ANTECHINUS FACTS |
Description
Body fur dark brown to black, pale grey underneath. Ears small and do not project far above the fur. Body up to 19 cm, tail up to 12 cm.
Dusky Antechinus are active day and night. They eat invertebrates, which they find in the soil, and they also kill and eat skinks. Males die after mating in August-September. The females live in shallow burrows in nests they build from leaves.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Dry sclerophyll forests and coastal heath.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Dasyuromorphia | | Family: | Dasyuridae | | Genus: | Antechinus | | Species: | swainsonii | | Common Name: | Dusky Antechinus |
Relatives in same Genus
Agile Antechinus (A. agilis)
Fawn Antechinus (A. bellus)
Yellow-footed Antechinus (A. flavipes)
Brown Antechinus (A. stuartii)
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