The Fawn Antechinus is a small marsupial with pale fur, a white chin, and white feet. It is active mainly at dusk and dawn and shelters in tree hollows and fallen logs.
It weighs about 30–60 g. The back is pale to medium gray-brown and the underside cream or light gray; the chin and feet are white, with a pale ring around the eye. The tail is shorter than the head and body and slightly darker above.
It uses the ground and trees and is generally active at dusk and dawn. It shelters in tree hollows and fallen logs, and eats invertebrates as well as small vertebrates such as geckos.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.