Yellow-footed Antechinus at Nanima, NSW
Identification history
| 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/
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.131242-35.001006
- Places Nanima, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 9 Aug 2015 09:11 AM Recorded on
- 81mv Recorded by
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Mammals Antechinuses Small Marsupials
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
