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antechinusnoun
Any of a group of marsupials, of the genus Antechinus, similar to shrews
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Antechinus
Antechinus (/æntɪˈkaɪnəs/ ('ant-echinus')) is a genus of small dasyurid marsupial endemic to Australia. They resemble mice with the bristly fur of shrews.
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Antechinus
Antechinus is a genus of dasyurid marsupial that is indigenous to Australia and New Guinea. The majority of Antechinus species occur in Australia and only two species have been described in New Guinea. Members of this species have been called broad-footed marsupial mice, pouched mice, or antechinus shrews. However, these common names are to be considered either regional or archaic and the modern common name for animals of this genus is 'antechinus'. Antechinuses are small, carnivorous, shrew-like animals that primarily prey on invertebrates such as spiders, beetles, and weevils. Some are strictly terrestrial and hunt only at ground level, while others are highly scansorial in nature. Most species nest communally in tree-hollows. Their habitat is primarily: temperate rainforest, dry and wet eucalypt forest, healthy woodlands; temperate rainforest; swamps, wet heaths; disturbed or open woodlands, dry/wet, tropical/subtropical/temperate eucalypt forest/rainforest, healthy woodlands; tropical rainforest; tropical/subtropical vine-forests; monsoonal open forest.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of antechinus in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of antechinus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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