silver-headed antechinus

{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Silver-headed antechinus

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| genus = Antechinus

| species = argentus

| authority = Baker, Mutton, Hines, 2013

| range_map = Silver-headed_Antechinus_Range.png

| range_map_caption = The approximate range of the Silver-headed Antechinus

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The silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus){{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/species/?antechinus-argentus|title=Silver-headed antechinus – Antechinus argentus|work=Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland)|publisher=Government of Queensland|accessdate=1 March 2015}} is a species of dasyurid marsupial of the genus Antechinus.{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=933373|title=ITIS standard report – Antechinus argentus – Baker, Mutton and Hines, 2013|publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=1 March 2015}} Described in 2013, the species is known only from three locations so far: Blackdown Tableland National Park, Kroombit Tops National Park and Bulburin National Park in central Queensland.{{cite journal|title=A new dasyurid marsupial from Kroombit Tops, south-east Queensland, Australia|journal=Zootaxa|year=2013|oclc=49030618|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3746.2.1|pmid=25113476|url=http://eprints.qut.edu.au/69683/|last1=Baker|first1=A. M.|last2=Mutton|first2=T. Y.|last3=Hines|first3=H. B.|volume=3746|pages=201–39|url-access=subscription}}

{{cite web

|url=https://www.wwf.org.au/news/news/2021/scientists-find-rare-suicidal-reproducer-marsupial-surviving-in-burnt-queensland-forest

|title=Scientists find rare "suicidal reproducer" marsupial surviving in burnt Queensland forest

|date=16 August 2021

|publisher=WWF Australia

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It is one of the most recently described Australian marsupials.