Antechinus bellus is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Antechinus bellus is commonly known (its common name) as the Fawn Antechinus in English. In French (Français), Antechinus bellus is commonly known as the Souris Marsupiale Jolie.

Antechinus bellus is classified as lower risk-least concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Antechinus bellus is (Thomas, 1904) (IUCN Red List).

Country Distribution: Antechinus bellus is found in the following countries:

Australia (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Antechinus bellus: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Antechinus bellus is listed as LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Antechinus bellus's status was assessed in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Antechinus bellus's Red List status was evaluated by Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Antechinus bellus:[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Antechinus bellus (IUCN Red List).

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