Antechinus flavipes
10 Yellow-footed Antechinus at Rugosa
Identify this sighting
| Antechinus flavipes | DonFletcher | 8 Apr 2024 | ||
| Antechinus agilis | CarbonAI | 5 Apr 2024 | ||
| Antechinus flavipes | SenexRugosus | 5 Apr 2024 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Full 4 minute HD movie available here:
https://youtu.be/wwuNiayVBQM
12 comments
7 Apr 2024
Thanks Helen. Yes, I believe the white ring around the eye is also indicative of flavipes. We have a lot of these little fellows around here.
7 Apr 2024
Hi @SenexRugosus and @HelenCross, Yes Agile Antechinus have a less developed, eye ring, or none. I often first identify them from their buff flanks. The back and shoulders are also less even colour in YFA. (And problem fixed wrt confirming records, thanks to someone behind the scenes).
7 Apr 2024
Thanks Don. I thought the eye ring meant it was flavipes. So is it only agilis that has the buff flanks?
8 Apr 2024
Hi @SenexRugosus, no I was unclear. The buff flanks are on flavipes. Agilis is fairly evenly grey.
8 Apr 2024
@SenexRugosus Thanks for asking that. I thought I had confirmed it as flavipes (which it is confirmed as now). It is only because you asked that I looked back and got the chance to change it . Phew!
8 Apr 2024
Thanks Don! I confess I was very confused, and the poor little fellow was looking very lost amongst all the pictures of the agilis. Worse still, he could see himself completely missing out on the mating frenzy in October...
8 Apr 2024
Thanks JaneR. Although nominally carnivorous, I find they're very partial to peanut butter - as you can see from him tearing into the bark to get the last little smidgens. When they eat moths they eat absolutely every little part, unlike birds which typically discard the wings.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.159916-34.893548
- Maps Rugosa
- Places Yass River, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2024 03:00 PM Recorded on
- SenexRugosus Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Featured SenexRugosus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Antechinus flavipes Antechinuses Small Marsupials Mammals
Species information
- Antechinus flavipes Scientific name
- Yellow-footed Antechinus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 750m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location