Swamp antechinus

Swamp antechinus[1]
Antechinus minimus from Tasmania. Stuffed specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Antechinus
Species:
A. minimus
Binomial name
Antechinus minimus
(É. Geoffroy, 1803)
Swamp antechinus range

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.

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ van Weenen, J.; Menkhorst, P. (2016). "Antechinus minimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40525A21946728. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40525A21946728.en.