Antechinus flavipes subsp. flavipes, flavipes

Baker, Andrew M. & Dyck, Steve Van, 2013, Taxonomy and redescription of the Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), Zootaxa 3649 (1), pp. 1-62 : 18-19

(4) A. flavipes flavipes versus A. agilis

Pelage: A. flavipes flavipes has a grey head that merges to medium orange-yellow tonings on the rump, flanks and tail base, whereas A. agilis is more uniformly medium grey to greyish-brown from head to rump.

External measurements: In females, A. f. flavipes is significantly heavier than A. agilis ( Table 2).

Skull: A. f. flavipes differs from A. agilis in absolute measurement (i.e., with no overlap in ranges) for the following skull/dentary characters: in males - larger M 2 W, SWR-LC 1 B, UML, LML and M 2 W and in females - larger M 2 W. A. f. flavipes has numerous other dentary features that significantly (p<0.01) differ from A. agilis —16 variables for males and 10 for females, as shown in Table 2.

Other Comments: A. f. flavipes females have 10–14 pouch nipples, whereas A. agilis females have 6–10 pouch nipples. A. f. flavipes is found in south-eastern Australia, across 4 states: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. A. agilis is found in south-eastern Australia, south of around Sydney (New South Wales) to south-east South Australia. Genetics: uncorrected pairwise range differences at the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome B (CytB) between A. f. flavipes and A. agilis are 13.0–15.0%.