Yellow-footed Antechinus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| iYellow-footed Antechinus | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) |
The Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its unusual sexual behavior. The male Yellow-footed Antechinus engages in such frenzied mating that it commonly dies of sexual stress.
[edit] References
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Antechinus flavipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 29. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
 |
This article about a mammal is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
