- Brown Antechinus
image_caption =
trend = stable
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2008 | assessors = Burnett, S. & Dickman, C.| year = 2008 | title = Antechinus stuartii | id = 40526 |downloaded=10 October 2008]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
infraclassis =Marsupial ia
ordo =Dasyuromorphia
familia =Dasyuridae
genus = "Antechinus "
species = "A. stuartii"
binomial = "Antechinus stuartii"
binomial_authority = Macleay, 1841The Brown Antechinus ("Antechinus stuartii"), also known as Stuart's Antechinus and Macleay's Marsupial Mouse, is a species of small
carnivorous marsupial of the familyDasyuridae .Taxonomy
The Brown Antechinus was only the third in its genus to be described and as such has, until recently, included species such as the
Agile Antechinus ("Antechinus agilis"), theSubtropical Antechinus ("Antechinus subtropicus") and theTropical Antechinus ("Antechinus adustus").cite book | last = Menkhorst | first = Peter | year = 2001 | title = A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia | publisher = Oxford University Press | pages = 56 | isbn = 0-19-550870-X] It has also been included itself with theYellow-footed Antechinus as the subspecies "burrelli". It was described in 1841 by theentomologist William Sharp Macleay , who named the species in honour of his friend and fellow naturalist James Stuart who had discovered the animal at Spring Cove (North Head) in 1837 while working as surgeon in charge of the Quarantine Station. [cite web
last = Manly Quarantine Station
first =
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Manly Council Review
work = QS Conservation Plan 2000
publisher =
date = 2007
url = http://www.manlyquarantine.com/Conservation_Plan_2000-7.htm
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2008-04-21]Description
The Brown Antechinus is mostly
nocturnal and isarboreal , and females build large communal nests shared by many individuals. Like allantechinus es, male Brown Antechinuses die after their first breeding season (which lasts two weeks) as a result of stress and exhaustion. Female Brown Antechinuses do not possess a pouch; the young must attach themselves to the teats (of which there are usually eight). Its diet includesbeetle s,spider s,amphipod s andcockroach es, although it is an opportunistic feeder.Distribution and habitat
The Brown Antechinus is found east of the
Great Dividing Range inAustralia , from southeasternQueensland to aroundKioloa ,New South Wales .Citation
last = Braithwaite
first = R. W.
contribution = Brown Antechinus
year = 1995
title = The Mammals of Australia
editor-last = Strahan
editor-first = Ronald
volume =
pages = 94-97
place=
publisher = Reed Books
id = ISBN 0-7301-0484-2 ] It is mostly found in forested habitats.References
External links
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Antechinus_stuartii.html Animal Diversity Web]
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