Tasman Peninsula Dusky Antechinus

Tasman Peninsula Dusky AntechinusThis small marsupial is known from the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania. The taxonomic account reported small forest patches in the peninsula's east, and a habitat survey also captured it in regrowth forest.What does it look like?The 2015 description gives a dark-gray back, paler gray to whitish sides and underside, and a tail with different colors above and below.How does it live?This small marsupial is known from the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania. The taxonomic account reported small forest patches in the peninsula's east, and a habitat survey also captured it in regrowth forest.A habitat survey on the Tasman Peninsula captured it in regrowth forest. The author suggested it may favor wet eucalypt forest but left that preference unconfirmed.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.