Species profile—Antechinus arktos (black-tailed antechinus)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Dasyuridae (dasyurids) → Antechinus arktos (black-tailed antechinus)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Dasyuridae (dasyurids)
- Scientific name
- Antechinus arktos Baker, Mutton, Hines & Van Dyck (2014)
- Common name
- black-tailed antechinus
- Type reference
- Baker, A.M., Mutton, T.Y., Hines, H.B. & Van Dyck, S. (2014). The Black-tailed Antechinus, Antechinus arktos sp. nov.: a new species of carnivorous marsupial from montane regions of the Tweed Volcano caldera, eastern Australia. Zootaxa 3765(2), 101-133.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 823
- Synonym(s)
- Antechinus swainsonii
Antechinus swainsonii mimetes - Alternate name(s)
- dusky antechinus
dusky marsupial mouse
Swainson's antechinus - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=823.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
