brown antechinus vs Prickly Coontail

Antechinus stuartii compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• brown antechinus is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown antechinus	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Antechinus	Ceratophyllum
Species	Antechinus stuartii	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

brown antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown antechinus	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

brown antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

brown antechinus

The Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) is a species in the genus Antechinus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.