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.

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
(Baker, Mutton, Hines, 2013)
The approximate range of the Silver-headed Antechinus

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