Tropical antechinus

Antechinus adustus bag is a species of the genus Breitfuß Bag mice.

It has long been considered a subspecies of Antechinus stuartii, but differs from it by the longer and more black fur. Only since 2000, it definitely is considered a unique Art

This species lives in tropical forests in Queensland, Australia, near Townvsille. She shares the unusual mating habits of the other Breitfuß Bag mice: shortly after the mating season males all die through stress-related illnesses.

The IUCN leads Antechinus adustus as Least Concern ( Threatened ).

Swell

  • Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, DE and Reeder, DM ( eds ): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 28-29, ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  • Menkhorst, Peter ( 2001): A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 252
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