swamp antechinus

noun

A small shrew-like marsupial, Antechinus minimus, native to Tasmania and small areas of southern mainland Australia.

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nounswamp antechinus (plural swamp antechinuses)

plural swamp antechinuses

  1. A small shrew-like marsupial, Antechinus minimus, native to Tasmania and small areas of southern mainland Australia.

    Thus the swamp antechinus (Antchinus minimus, ‘smallest hedgehog equivalent’) distributed across Tasmania and coastal Victoria, weighs about 65 grams.

    2024, David Owen, David Pemberton, Tasmanian Devil, Allen & Unwin, page 56
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