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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. ==Taxonomy== The yellow-footed antechinus was described in 1838 by George Robert Waterhouse, who noted its most distinctive feature in its species name ''flavipes'', which means "yellow-footed". The species has occasionally been combined with the brown antechinus (''A. stuartii'').〔 A member of the family Dasyuridae, the yellow-footed antechinus is the most widespread of all the members of its genus, ''Antechinus''. Three subspecies of the yellow-footed antechinus are recognised:〔 *''A. f. flavipes'', found in southeastern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia *''A. f. leucogaster'', found in southwestern Western Australia *''A. f. rubeculus'', found in northeastern Queensland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yellow-footed antechinus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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