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Antechinus flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Subfamily: Dasyurinae Tribe: Phascogalini Genus: Antechinus Macleay, 1841
Type Species
Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841
Species
See text. Image File history File links Beutelgilbmaus_brehm. ... Binomial name Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) The Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) is a mouse-like marsupial found in Australia. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Anagaloidea (extinct) Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Dinocerata (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Families Thylacinidae Dasyuridae Myrmecobiidae Most carnivorous marsupials belong to the order Dasyuromorphia, including the quolls, dunnarts, Numbat, Tasmanian Devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine. ... Families Thylacinidae Dasyuridae Myrmecobiidae Most carnivorous marsupials belong to the order Dasyuromorphia, including the quolls, dunnarts, Numbat, Tasmanian Devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine. ... Genera Dasyurus Dasycercus Dasykaluta Parantechinus Pseudantechinus Sarcophilus The subfamily Dasyuridae includes about several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, Kowari, Mulgara, Kaluta, dibblers, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian Devil. ... Genera Antechinus Micromurexia Murexechinus Murexia Paramurexia Phascomurexia Phascogale Classification Tribe Phascogalini Genus Antechinus Tropical Antechinus, Antechinus adustus Agile Antechinus, Antechinus agilis Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flaviceps Atherton Antechinus, Antechinus godmani Cinnamon Antechinus, Antechinus leo Swamp Antechinus, Antechinus minimus Brown Antechinus, Antechinus stuartii Subtropical Antechinus, Antechinus subtropicus... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... In scientific classification, a type is a specimen or description that corresponds to a taxon (a group of organisms), and helps to identify which organisms may be referred to with that name. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...

Antechinus is a genus of dasyurid marsupial that is indiginous to Australia (including Tasmainia and some outlying islands) and New Guinea. The majority of Antechinus species occur in Australia and only two (currently with a putative third) species have been described in New Guinea.

Antechinus, are also known as broad-footed marsupial mice, pouched mice, or antechinus shrews, however, these common names are to be considered either regional or archaic and the modern common name for animals of this genus is 'Antechinus'. Antechinus are small, carniverous, shrew-like marsupials animals, that primarily prey on invertebrates such as spiders, beetles (including larva), and weevils. Some are strictly terrestial and hunt only at ground level while others are highly scansorial (climbing) in nature. Most species nest communally in tree-hollows. Genera Anourosorex Blarina Blarinella Chimarrogale Chodsigoa Congosorex Crocidura Cryptotis Diplomosodon Episoriculus Feroculus Megasorex Myosorex Nectogale Neomys Nesiotites Notiosorex Paracrocidura Ruwenzorisorex Scutisorex Solisorex Sorex Soriculus Suncus Surdisorex Sylvisorex Shrews are small, superficially mouse-like mammals of the family Soricidae. ... Orders Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ...

Antechinus are semelparous, which means that an individual will usually only live long enough to breed once in its lifetime. Breeding occurs in winter (usually August-September) at a time when there is little food available in the environment, and in order to ensure breeding success, male Antechinus strip their body of vital proteins and also suppress the immune system so as to free up additional metabolic energy. In this way an individual male trades away long term survival in return for short term breeding success, and following the breeding season there is a complete die-off of physiologically exhausted males. Breeding is intensely competetive. Males produce large amounts of testosterone and mate-guarding occurs in the form of protacted copulation (up to twelve hours in some species).

The females can store sperm for up to three days in specialized sperm-storage crypts in the ovary and do not ovulate until the end of the breeding season. Many litters have multiple-paternity (i.e. several fathers contribute to a single litter). Females can live for 2-3 years, however this is unusual, and most females die following the weaning of their first litter. Litters size depends on the number of teats in the pouch. There are as few as 4 teats, usually 8, and in some populations up to 10 can occur. It is currently unknown why teat number varies, however it is likely that in food-poor environements selection has tended towards fewer teats so that there is a greater parental investment per offspring. Ovulation is the process in the menstrual cycle by which a mature ovarian follicle ruptures and discharges an ovum (also known as an oocyte, female gamete, or casually, an egg) that participates in reproduction. ... Reproduction is the creation of one thing as a copy of, product of, or replacement for a similar thing, e. ... A cow udder with 4 teats Teat is an alternative word for a nipple or breast. ... Kangaroo Joey inside the pouch The pouch is a distinguishing feature of marsupials; the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning pouch. ...

Species

• Antechinus adustus (Thomas, 1923) (Tropical Antechinus)
• Antechinus agilis Dickman, et al. 1998 (Agile Antechinus)
• Antechinus bellus (Thomas, 1904) (Fawn Antechinus)
• Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1837[1838]) (Yellow-footed Antechinus)
• Antechinus godmani (Thomas, 1923) (Atherton Antechinus)
• Antechinus leo van Dyck, 1980 (Cinnamon Antechinus)
• Antechinus minimus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) (Swamp Antechinus)
• Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 (Brown Antechinus)
• Antechinus subtropicus van Dyck and Crowther, 2000 (Subtropical Antechinus)
• Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) (Dusky Antechinus)

Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (February 21, 1858 - June 16, 1929) was a British zoologist. ... Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (February 21, 1858 - June 16, 1929) was a British zoologist. ... Binomial name Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) The Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) is a mouse-like marsupial found in Australia. ... The Yellow-Footed Antechinus is a mouse-like marsupial found in Australia. ... Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (February 21, 1858 - June 16, 1929) was a British zoologist. ... Binomial name Antechinus minimus (É. Geoffroy, 1803) The Swamp Antechinus (Antechinus minimus) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae family and as such is related to dunnarts, quolls and the Tasmanian Devil. ... Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (April 15, 1772 - June 19, 1844) was a French naturalist who established the principle of unity of composition. He was born at Étampes, Seine-et-Oise, and studied at the college of Navarre, in Paris, where he studied natural philosophy under M. J. Brisson. ... Binomial name Antechinus minimus (É. Geoffroy, 1803) The Swamp Antechinus (Antechinus minimus) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae family and as such is related to dunnarts, quolls and the Tasmanian Devil. ... George Robert Waterhouse (1810 - 1888) was an English naturalist. ...

References

• Groves, Colin (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 28-30. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
• Antechinus (TSN 552404). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 2 February 2006.