Antechinus sp. nov.

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Antechinus sp. nov.

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

Antechinus sp. nov. is commonly known (its common name) as the Agile Antechinus or the Normanby Antechinus in English.

Antechinus sp. nov. 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. Antechinus sp. nov.'s population trend was decreasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are declining in the wild.




Country Distribution: Antechinus sp. nov. is found in the following countries:
    Papua New Guinea
(IUCN Red List).

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

CONSERVATION STATUS

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

Year Assessed: Antechinus sp. nov.'s status was assessed in 2000 (IUCN Red List).

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

Threats: 2.2 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Antechinus sp. nov. was listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

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

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Antechinus sp. nov. (IUCN Red List).

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