Antechinus agilis

Agile Antechinus at Mount Clear, ACT

Antechinus agilis at Mount Clear, ACT - 19 Jan 2021
Antechinus agilis at Mount Clear, ACT - 19 Jan 2021
Antechinus agilis at Mount Clear, ACT - 19 Jan 2021
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Antechinus agilis 7 Feb 2021 DonFletcher
Unidentified 6 Feb 2021 ChrisHolder

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DonFletcher wrote:
   7 Feb 2021
With no planigales in the area, its pointed snout requires it to be either an Antechinus or a Dunnart (Sminthopsus). Among Antechinus, it clearly is too pale for Dusky antechinus (mimetes) and is the wrong colour for Yellow-footed (flavipes) which leaves Agile (agilis) as the only possibility. Alternatively it is the first record in southern ACT of a Common Dunnart (Sminthopsus murina) but there is the suggestion of a pale eye ring below the eye in the third photo, so A. agilis.

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  • Unknown Gender

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  • Antechinus agilis Scientific name
  • Agile Antechinus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1666.88m Recorded at altitude
  • 85 images trained Machine learning

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