Translingual

Antechinus stuartii

Proper noun

Antechinus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – small dasyurid marsupials that resemble shrews.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Antechinus adustus (tropical antechinus), Antechinus agilis (agile antechinus), Antechinus bellus (fawn antechinus), Antechinus flavipes (yellow-footed antechinus), Antechinus godmani (Atherton antechinus), Antechinus leo (cinnamon antechinus), Antechinus minimus (swamp antechinus), Antechinus mysticus (buff-footed antechinus), Antechinus stuartii (brown antechinus), Antechinus subtropicus (subtropical antechinus), Antechinus swainsonii (dusky antechinus or Swainson's antechinus) (species)
  • Antechinus puteus, Antechinus yammal, Antechinus yuna (extinct species)

English

A brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii)

Noun

antechinus ‎(plural antechinuses or antechinus)

1. Any species of the genus Antechinus of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble shrews.
   • 1970, W. D. L. Ride, Ella Fry, A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia, page 116,

     Smaller than the wambengers, the antechinuses are secretive and are seldom seen by people unless they are caught and brought into houses by domestic cats.

   • 1998, Deirdre Slattery, The Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks, page 67,

     I thought it was my fault until I consulted the experts, and found that antechinus die naturally at this time of the year. […] Antechinus eat beetles, spiders and cockroaches, which they find in decaying litter and topsoil in their habitat of dense ground cover.

   • 2007, Stephen Jackson, Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management, unnumbered page,

     If held as a colony outside the breeding season, antechinus show relatively little aggression while still forming a linear hierarchy.

Derived terms

• agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis)
• Atherton antechinus (Antechinus godmani)
• brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii)
• buff-footed antechinus (Antechinus mysticus)
• cinnamon antechinus (Antechinus leo)
• dusky antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)
• fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus)
• subtropical antechinus (Antechinus subtropicus)
• Swainson's artechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)
• swamp antechinus (Antechinus minimus)
• tropical antechinus (Antechinus adustus)
• yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)

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