Near ThreatenedSpotted-tailed Quoll
Dasyurus maculatus
Mammals · Dasyuromorphia · Dasyuridae
Antechinus stuartii
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The brown antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial of eastern Australia, the size of a mouse but with the dentition of a predator. It hunts invertebrates and the occasional small vertebrate on the ground and among fallen logs. It is famous for its extreme reproductive strategy: the entire male population dies a few weeks after a single mating season, a phenomenon of such precise synchrony that the species is a model in the biology of ageing.
Weight
17 g – 71 g
Size
9 cm – 13 cm
Life expectancy
5 years
Diet
Insectivore
Feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Antechinus stuartii
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 16.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Brown Antechinus — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about brown antechinus.
