Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse 1837)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Dasyuromorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 22-37 : 29

Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse 1837)

[Phascogale] flavipes Waterhouse 1837 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 75.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, north of Hunter River.

Vernacular Names: Yellow-footed Antechinus.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Antechinus flavipes subsp. flavipes Waterhouse 1837

Subspecies Antechinus flavipes subsp. rubeculus Van Dyck 1982

Distribution: Cape York Peninsula (Queensland); Victoria and SE South Australia; SW Western Australia. In SE Australia, bioclimatic modeling predicts its range as (somewhat discontinuously) from about 23°N to S Victoria, and west to about 136°E on the South Australian coast. Inland, it may reach as far as about 145°E in S New South Wales ( Sumner and Dickman, 1998).

Conservation: Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: No direct comparisons between Western Australian and eastern forms of the species have been made. The Cape York Peninsula form appears to be only subspecifically distinct.