Antechinus sp. (genus)
Unidentified Antechinus at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Antechinus sp. (genus) | DonFletcher | 25 May 2025 | ||
| Unverified | LisaH | 24 May 2025 |
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User's notes
The photos are still shots of a small marsupial - I assume antechinus, although relatively large - from a wildlife camera. However, the stills do not do the agility and vertical bounding of the critter justice - so high, so quick and nimble.
2 comments
25 May 2025
Hi @LisaH If this is the only image, we better go with unidentified small mammal, as it could also be e.g. a juv black rat. Black (Roof) Rats are also very agile.
25 May 2025
Thank you. These images are still shots from a 20 second video from a wildlife camera. I don’t think this is a black rat, as I’ve never seen a black rat move like this - this one literally hopped vertically, at least five times its body height each time it bounced. I’ve seen black rats bound, but their movement is more of a horizontal bound than a vertical hop? Happy to send the video if you’d like?
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
Collections
- LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Antechinus sp. (genus) Antechinuses Small Marsupials Mammals
Species information
- Antechinus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Antechinus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1678.6m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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