swamp antechinus

noun

swamp antechinus

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1

A small shrew-like marsupial, Antechinus minimus, native to Tasmania and small areas of southern mainland Australia.

  • Thus the swamp antechinus (Antchinus minimus, ‘smallest hedgehog equivalent’) distributed across Tasmania and coastal Victoria, weighs about 65 grams.2024, David Owen, David Pemberton, Tasmanian Devil, Allen & Unwin, page 56:

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