Description
The yellow-footed antechinus has a variable fur colour, but is generally somewhat greyish. Other notable features include a white eye-ring and a black tip to the tail. It has a pointed muzzle and short, broad feet of buff to yellow-brown color, hence the name. It has short hair and a moderately long tail. In size and body shape this species is fairly typical of its genus. Head and body length about 10–13 cm (4–5.2 in); weight about 30 g (1 oz).
The yellow-footed antechinus differs from its relatives in its comparatively diurnal habits. The mating season lasts for two weeks either in August, for southern animals; in October, for animals from southern Queensland; or in June–July, for north Queensland animals. The diet is invertebrates, eggs, nectar and sometimes small vertebrates.
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