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title: "Geelvoetbuidelmuis"
description: "Antechinus flavipes — Zoogdieren. The yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), also known as the mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-footed-antechinus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Geelvoetbuidelmuis

> Antechinus flavipes — Zoogdieren. The yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), also known as the mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia.

- Scientific name: *Antechinus flavipes*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1687
- Wikidata: [Q194981](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194981)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40187](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40187)

## Names

- en: Yellow-footed Antechinus
- de: Gelbfuß-Beutelmaus
- es: Antequino Patiamarillo
- fr: Souris Marsupiale
- nl: Geelvoetbuidelmuis
- pl: Chutliwiec żółtostopy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1413)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-footed_antechinus

## Photo

![Geelvoetbuidelmuis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-footed-antechinus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162822556

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-footed-antechinus?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).