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Yellow-footed Antechinus
Antechinus flavipes
This very bold, highly
arboreal marsupial feeds mostly on insects. The curiously flattened head allows
it to hunt in the tightest of cavities. It also includes in its diet
anything from fruit, flowers and nectar to small birds and mice. After a months
gestation the female gives birth to as many as 12 young who are carried in the
pouch for up to 5 weeks. They are weaned at about three months. At the end of
each breeding season all males in the colony die leaving the food resources for
the breeding females.
Size
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Head and Body Length
93-165 (121) mm males
86-127 (105) mm females
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Tail Length
70-151 (100) mm males
65-107 (86) mm females
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Weight
26-79 (56) gr males
21-52 (34) gr females
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by David Armbrust
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1998 David & Diane Armbrust
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