Yellow-footed Antechinus
Antechinus flavipes
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,118
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-footed antechinus”.