Tropical Antechinus

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status = LC
trend = decreasing
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2008|assessors=Burnett, S. & Winter, J.|year=2008|id=136555|title=Antechinus adustus|downloaded=09 October 2008]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Dasyuromorphia
familia = Dasyuridae
genus = "Antechinus"
species = "A. adustus"
binomial = "Antechinus adustus"
binomial_authority = (Thomas 1923)

The Tropical Antechinus ("Antechinus adustus"), also known as the Rusty Antechinus, is a species of small marsupial carnivore, particularly closely related to the Brown Antechinus ("Antechinus stuartii").

It is found in a small area of tropical vine forest from Paluma (near Townsville) to Mt Spurgeon (near Mossman) in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It differs from the Brown Antechinus, with which it was previously thought to be conspecific, in its longer and darker fur. It shares the unusual mating behaviour of many of its relatives in that shortly after the breeding season all males die from stress-related disease.cite book | last = Menkhorst | first = Peter | year = 2001 | title = A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia | publisher = Oxford University Press | pages = 252]

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