Antechinus flavipes

Yellow-footed Antechinus at Nanima, NSW

Antechinus flavipes at Nanima, NSW - 9 Aug 2015
Antechinus flavipes at Nanima, NSW - 9 Aug 2015
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Antechinus flavipes 14 Feb 2018 dhkmapr
Antechinus stuartii 3 Feb 2018 81mv

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5 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   5 Feb 2018
I doubt it. Antechinus stuartii is a rainforest species. I did my PhD on it in the 1960s. Don.
81mv wrote:
   8 Feb 2018
Thanks Don. Other sites (eg Animal Diversity Web) have said that the browns prefer wet forest but also live in dry, where they are more arboreal. Is there a good way to tell the Brown and Dusky apart?
BettyDonWood wrote:
   8 Feb 2018
I presume you mean Antechinus swainsonii, which is much bigger than stuartii. It is active at sny time of dsy. http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Antechinus_swainsonii/
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Antechinus_stuartii/
MurrayEvans wrote:
   14 Feb 2018
A little difficult to tell what species of Antechinus from the photos, but does not look like swainsonii (they have a 'flat' looking head with smaller rounded ears). Based on location and habitat, and the photos, it is most likely Antechinus flavipes.
dhkmapr wrote:
   14 Feb 2018
A agilis is another possibility, but the ochre shading on belly and flanks (and the hint of an eye-ring) tips it towards A flavipes for me. A agilis generally has a pale grey belly in the Canberra area.

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