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FAWN ANTECHINUS FACTS |
Description
A small mouse-like marsupial, pale to medium grey above, paler underneath with whitish feet and a pale eye ring. Its ears are crinkled and chewed looking, giving them the appearance of the ears of a boxer. Head-body length to 14.5 cm and tail to 12.5 cm.
Active at night, the Fawn Antechinus hunts smaller creatures on the ground or on tree trunks and logs. It shelters by day in hollows within trees or fallen timber. It mates July-August, after which all males die. Up to 10 young are born 1 or 2 months later, and mature and breed within the year.
Author credit: Lindley McKay
Habitat
Tropical woodland and grasslands.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Northern Australia.
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: | bellus | | Common Name: | Fawn Antechinus |
Relatives in same Genus
Agile Antechinus (A. agilis)
Yellow-footed Antechinus (A. flavipes)
Brown Antechinus (A. stuartii)
Dusky Antechinus (A. swainsonii)
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