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Antechinus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q650656

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6][7]
Endemic to
Australia[3]
Has characteristic
semelparity[8]
Parent taxon
Phascogalini[2]
Taxon author citation
Macleay, 1841[9]
Taxon name
Antechinus[4]
Taxon rank
genus[1]
Taxonomic type
Brown antechinus[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Antechinus de Breitfuß-Beutelmäuse de Antechinus el αντεχίνος el Antechinus fa موش‌های کیسه‌دار پاپهن he אנטיקינוס id Hefa kecil ko 안테키누스속 nl Breedvoetbuidelmuizen pl Antechinus pl Chutliwiec pt Rato-marsupial-australiano ru Сумчатые мыши sv Pungspetsekorrar uk Сумчаста миша zh 宽足袋鼩属
🔖 Identifiers · 25
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis) on cloth, close-up from front.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Antechinus
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/12719
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Antechinus
BOLD Systems taxon ID
666060
Catalogue of Life ID
X8J
Encyclopedia of Life ID
39477
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/broad-footed-marsupial-mouse
Fossilworks taxon ID
40089
Freebase ID
/m/084h3n
GBIF taxon ID
2435365
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2240959
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INaturalist taxon ID
40181
IRMNG ID
1370639
ITIS TSN
552404
MSW ID
10800051
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779013217
NCBI taxonomy ID
9282
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007532195905171
Open Tree of Life ID
74735
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
40089
Plazi ID
AF1087A7-0959-FF85-BB85-D39CFA13365F
ScienceDirect topic ID
agricultural-and-biological-sciences/antechinus
Topic's main category
Category:Antechinus
Yale LUX ID
concept/c1391ba8-cf00-44c2-93d5-12694a32793e

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 15
Yellow-footed antechinus, Agile antechinus, Atherton antechinus, Brown antechinus, Dusky antechinus, Fawn antechinus, Swamp antechinus, Cinnamon antechinus +7 more
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Endemic to 1
Australia
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Phascogalini
Taxon rank 1
genus
Taxonomic type 1
Brown antechinus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Antechinus
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Antechinus
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Brown antechinus
    Parent taxon → Phascogalini
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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