Species Profile
Antechinus flavipes
Yellow-footed antechinus
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lives in forests and woodlands.
Nocturnal and fast-moving.
Important predator of insects.
Size & Structure
01
Small slender body
02
Grey-brown fur
03
Yellowish feet
04
Long tail
Antechinus flavipes — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral symmetry
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well-developed brain and spinal cord
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Insect predator
Controls pests
Forest ecosystem balance
Economic Importance
Ecological research
Wildlife studies
Indicator of forest health