A small carnivorous marsupial of Australia's Northern Territory, the only antechinus present in that territory. Its distribution is so reduced and fragmented that it is considered Vulnerable even though no dramatic threats are known.
Small, mouse-like in general appearance but with the pointed snout characteristic of carnivorous marsupials. The only member of the genus Antechinus present in the Northern Territory, which helps to distinguish it geographically from other species of the genus.
Like the other antechinuses, it digs for invertebrates, leaving small patches of disturbed earth and leaf litter. It builds nests in tree hollows or under fallen logs.
Open eucalypt forest of the Northern Territory of Australia, with a patchy, restricted distribution.
Carnivorous; hunts invertebrates on the forest floor.
Like other Antechinus species, it probably shows the same reproductive pattern of mass “suicide” of males after a single, very intense annual mating period.
Species considered Vulnerable because of its patchy distribution, restricted to the Northern Territory.
Alteration of the fire regime in the open eucalypt forest on which it depends, and habitat loss.
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