Antechinus

• Rusty Antechinus Antechinus adustus

  

  A marsupial with rusty tones in its dark brown fur, it lives in moist upland forests of northeastern Queensland.

• Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis

  

  The agile antechinus is a small marsupial of southeastern mainland Australia. It forages around leaf litter and fallen logs, eating insects and small vertebrates.

• Fawn Antechinus Antechinus bellus

  

  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.

• Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes

  

  The yellow-footed antechinus is a small marsupial with a gray head and shoulders and a yellow-brown to reddish body. It searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Mainland Dusky Antechinus Antechinus mimetes

  

  This small marsupial occurs in southeastern Australia. It is usually regarded as terrestrial, but camera traps at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria, recorded it visiting tree baits about 3.5 m high on 29 occasions.

• Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus

  

  The swamp antechinus is a small marsupial of wet grasslands and scrub on Tasmania and islands in Bass Strait. It is most active around dusk.

• Buff-footed Antechinus Antechinus mysticus

  This small marsupial occurs along coastal Queensland in eastern Australia. In the southeast it occupies relatively dry, open, lowland forest; the only known mid-east population is recorded in rainforest.

• Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii

  This small carnivorous marsupial has a gray-brown back and large, thin ears. It lives in forests and woodlands of northern and eastern Australia and searches for insects at night.

• Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus

  The Subtropical Antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial from southeastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales. Insects are its usual food.

• Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii

  This small marsupial lives in moist forests and dense understory in southeastern Australia. It has dark fur and searches for small invertebrates at night.

• Silver-headed Antechinus Antechinus argentus

  Antechinus argentus is a small carnivorous marsupial in Queensland. Its head and shoulders are silver-grey, and a Queensland Government article lists three places where it is known.

• Black-tailed Antechinus Antechinus arktos

  This small marsupial is known from high elevations of the Tweed Volcano caldera in eastern Australia. Government information describes it as nocturnal and a generalist predator of insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates, with records restricted to high-altitude rainforest.

• Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii

  This small carnivorous marsupial has a gray-brown back and large, thin ears. It lives in forests and woodlands of northern and eastern Australia and searches for insects at night.

• Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes

  The yellow-footed antechinus is a small marsupial with a gray head and shoulders and a yellow-brown to reddish body. It searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii

  This small marsupial lives in moist forests and dense understory in southeastern Australia. It has dark fur and searches for small invertebrates at night.

• Fawn Antechinus Antechinus bellus

  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.

• Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis

  The agile antechinus is a small marsupial of southeastern mainland Australia. It forages around leaf litter and fallen logs, eating insects and small vertebrates.

• Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus

  The swamp antechinus is a small marsupial of wet grasslands and scrub on Tasmania and islands in Bass Strait. It is most active around dusk.

• Rusty Antechinus Antechinus adustus

  A marsupial with rusty tones in its dark brown fur, it lives in moist upland forests of northeastern Queensland.

• Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus

  The Subtropical Antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial from southeastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales. Insects are its usual food.

• Buff-footed Antechinus Antechinus mysticus

  This small marsupial occurs along coastal Queensland in eastern Australia. In the southeast it occupies relatively dry, open, lowland forest; the only known mid-east population is recorded in rainforest.

• Mainland Dusky Antechinus Antechinus mimetes

  This small marsupial occurs in southeastern Australia. It is usually regarded as terrestrial, but camera traps at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria, recorded it visiting tree baits about 3.5 m high on 29 occasions.