antechinus

From the genus name.

antechinus (plural antechinuses)

1. Any member of any on of the species of the genus Antechinus, small carnivorous marsupials that resemble shrews.
   • 1970, W. D. L. Ride, Ella Fry, A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia, page 116:

     Smaller than the wambengers, the antechinuses are secretive and are seldom seen by people unless they are caught and brought into houses by domestic cats.

   • 1998, Deirdre Slattery, chapter I, in The Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks‎, page 67:

     I thought it was my fault until I consulted the experts, and found that antechinus die naturally at this time of the year. […] Antechinus eat beetles, spiders and cockroaches, which they find in decaying litter and topsoil in their habitat of dense ground cover.

   • 2007, Stephen Jackson, Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management, unnumbered page:

     If held as a colony outside the breeding season, antechinus show relatively little aggression while still forming a linear hierarchy.

• agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis)
• Atherton antechinus (Antechinus godmani)
• brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii)
• buff-footed antechinus (Antechinus mysticus)
• cinnamon antechinus (Antechinus leo)
• dusky antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)
• fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus)
• subtropical antechinus (Antechinus subtropicus)
• Swainson's artechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)
• swamp antechinus (Antechinus minimus)
• tropical antechinus (Antechinus adustus)
• yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)