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

Antechinus habbema is commonly known (its common name) as the Habbema Antechinus in English. In French (Français), Antechinus habbema is commonly known as the Souris Marsupiale D´Habbema.

Antechinus habbema is classified as data deficient, meaning more data is needed on the species for categorization, 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. Antechinus habbema's population trend was unknown at last assessment.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Antechinus habbema is Tate & Archbold, 1941 (IUCN Red List).

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

Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea (IUCN Red List).

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

Major Habitat(s): 6 Rocky Areas (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Antechinus habbema is listed as DD ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

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

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

Threats: 2.2 (Wikipedia).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Antechinus habbema:

Groves, C.P. 1993. Order Dasyuromorphia. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Edition. pp.29-37. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

(IUCN Red List).

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

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