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

Antechinus swainsonii is commonly known (its common name) as the Dusky Antechinus in English. In French (Français), Antechinus swainsonii is commonly known as the Souris Marsupiale De Swainson.

Antechinus swainsonii 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 swainsonii is (Waterhouse, 1840) (IUCN Red List).

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

Australia (IUCN Red List).

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

CONSERVATION STATUS

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

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

Assessor: Antechinus swainsonii'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 swainsonii:[an error occurred while processing this directive]

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

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