Silver-headed antechinus

Silver-headed antechinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Antechinus
Species:
A. argentus
Binomial name
Antechinus argentus
The approximate range of the Silver-headed Antechinus

The silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus)[1] is a species of dasyurid marsupial of the genus Antechinus.[2] Described in 2013, the species is known only from so far is known to occur in just three locations: Blackdown Tableland National Park, Kroombit Tops National Park and Bulburin National Park in central Queensland.[3][4] It is one of the most recently described Australian marsupials.

References

  1. ^ "Silver-headed antechinus – Antechinus argentus". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland). Government of Queensland. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ^ "ITIS standard report – Antechinus argentus – Baker, Mutton and Hines, 2013". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  3. ^ Baker, A. M.; Mutton, T. Y.; Hines, H. B. (2013). "A new dasyurid marsupial from Kroombit Tops, south-east Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa. 3746: 201–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3746.2.1. OCLC 49030618. PMID 25113476.
  4. ^ "Scientists find rare "suicidal reproducer" marsupial surviving in burnt Queensland forest". WWF Australia. 16 August 2021.


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