Antechinus flavipes
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), also known as the mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior. The male yellow-footed antechinus engages in such frenzied mating that its immune system becomes compromised, resulting in stress-related death before it is one year old.
The yellow-footed antechinus was described in 1838 by George Robert Waterhouse, referring to a specimen that was collected north of the Hunter River in New South Wales. The author tentatively placed the new species with the genus Phascogale, based on similar dentition by reference to a description but without a skull for a closer comparison. The specific epithet flavipes means "yellow-footed." The species has occasionally been combined with the Antechinus stuartii (brown antechinus).
A member of the family Dasyuridae, the yellow-footed antechinus is the most widespread of all the members of its genus, Antechinus. Three subspecies of the yellow-footed antechinus are recognised: Antechinus flavipes flavipes Waterhouse 1838, found in southeastern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
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Australia · 2019
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Brisbane, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-footed Antechinus sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th most-seen of the 22 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-footed Antechinus in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-footed Antechinus sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-footed Antechinus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-footed Antechinus is recorded against all the mammals logged in Brisbane (7 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
