brown antechinus vs Prickly Heath

Antechinus stuartii compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown antechinus	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Ericaceae
Genus	Antechinus	Gaultheria
Species	Antechinus stuartii	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

brown antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

brown antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.