Yellow-footed antechinus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the yellow-footed antechinus lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Antechinus flavipes
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the yellow-footed antechinus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-footed antechinus in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the yellow-footed antechinus endangered?

The yellow-footed antechinus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow-footed antechinus?

The yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Antechinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-footed antechinus

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-footed antechinus (revision 1327145006), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194981 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).