Species Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838)
Yellow-footed Antechinus
Generic Combinations
- Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838).
Introduction
Ride (1988: 15) listed names in synonymy, rather than subspecies.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, low open woodland, omnivore, open forest, open heath, predator, subtropical, tall open forest, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Occasionally seen abroad in full daylight, bracken, rock outcrops, broken gullies, crevices in cliffs, diet mainly insects.
General References
Baker, A.M. & Van Dyck, S. 2013. Taxonomy and redescription of the Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3649(1): 1-62
Christensen, P.E. & Kimber, P.C. 1975. Effect of prescribed burning on the flora and fauna of S.W. Australian forests. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 9: 85-106
Crowther, M.S., Spencer, P.B.S., Alpers, D. & Dickman, C.R. 2002. Taxonomic status of the Mardo, Antechinus flavipes leucogaster (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): A morphological and molecular, reproductive and bioclimatic approach. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 627-647
Davison, A. 1986. Dentition of Victorian Antechinus species (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 9: 73-85
Dwyer, P., Hockings, M. & Willmer, J. 1979. Mammals of Cooloola and Beerwah. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 90: 65-84
Ellis, M.V. & Smith, J.M. 1990. Inland occurrences of the yellow-footed antechinus Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) in New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 26: 21-22
Goldingay, R.L. 1986. Capture-related aspects of the ecology of Antechinus flavipes (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 9: 131-133
Laurence, W.F. 1994. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 69: 23-32
Marcheson, D. & Carthew, S.M. 2004. Autecology of the yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) in a fragmented landscape in southern Australia. Wildlife Research 31: 273-282
Ride, W.D.L. in Mahoney, J.A. & Ride, W.D.L. 1988. Dasyuridae. pp. 14-33 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 274 pp.
Smith, G.C. 1984. The biology of the yellow-footed antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in a swamp forest on Kinba Island, Cooloola, Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 465-480
Sumner, J. & Dickman, C.R. 1998. Distribution and identity of species in the Antechinus stuartii - A. flavipes group (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 27-41
Thompson, M.B., Medlin, G., Hutchinson, R. & West, N. 1989. Short-term effects of fuel reduction burning on populations of small terrestrial mammals. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 117-129
Van Dyck, S. 1982. The relationships of Antechinus stuartii and A. flavipes (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with special reference to Queensland. pp. 723-766 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp. (includes ecology)
Van Dyck, S.M. 1995. Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes. pp. 86-88 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Wakefield, N.A. & Warneke, R.M. 1967. Some revision in Antechinus (Marsupialia)—2. Victorian Naturalist 84: 69-99 [69] (synonymies)
Wardell-Johnson, G. 1986. Use of nest boxes by mardos, Antechinus flavipes leucogaster, in regenerating karri forest in south Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 407-417
Watt, A.M. 1997. Population ecology and reproductive seasonality in three species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the wet tropics of Queensland. Wildlife Research 24: 531-547
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Yellow-footed Antechinus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Oct-2012 | 15-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 02-Sep-2019 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 15-Oct-2010 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |