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Antechinus
Sign in to savethumb|right|In central Victoria
Species
Yellow-footed Antechinus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDasyuromorphia
- FamilyDasyuridae
Observations1,573
Observations recorded116,457
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,983
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Dasyuridae
- Collections
- AMNH, ANWC, NMV
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Names
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Diet
- Reproduction
- Timing of the breeding season
- Reproductive anatomy
- Mating behaviour
- Male semelparity
- Torpor
- Threats
- References
thumb|right|In central Victoria
Antechinus (, 'ant-echinus') is a genus of small dasyurid marsupial endemic to Australia. They resemble mice with the bristly fur of shrews.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antechinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.