Antechinus flavipes subsp. leucogaster

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 : 33

(4) A. flavipes leucogaster versus A. agilis

Pelage: A. flavipes leucogaster has a grey head that merges to orange—fawn brown 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. leucogaster is significantly heavier with a significantly shorter tail than A. agilis (Table 4).

Skull: A. f. leucogaster differs from A. agilis in absolute measurement (i.e., with no overlap in ranges) for no skull/dentary characters as far as we know. However, A. f. leucogaster has numerous dentary features that significantly (p<0.01) differ from A. agilis —20 variables for males and 7 for females, as shown in Table 4.

Other Comments: A. f. leucogaster is found in south-western Western Australia. A. agilis is found in southeastern 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. leucogaster and A. agilis are 15.2–15.5%.