Silver-headed antechinus
Species of marsupial
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The silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus)[1] is a species of dasyurid marsupial of the genus Antechinus.[2] Described in 2013, the species is known only from three locations so far: Blackdown Tableland National Park, Kroombit Tops National Park and Bulburin National Park in central Queensland.[3][4] It is one of the most recently described Australian marsupials.
| Silver-headed antechinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Antechinus |
| Species: | A. argentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Antechinus argentus Baker, Mutton, Hines, 2013 | |
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| The approximate range of the Silver-headed Antechinus | |
