Black-Tailed Antechinus: Fatal Attraction Is Not Just Dangerous For Bunny Rabbits

A highly sexed mouse-like marsupial from Queensland's Springbrook National Park, the Black-tailed Antechinus , has been identified as a new species. It's the third new species in the genus Antechinus Dr. Andrew Baker's research team has discovered in the past two years, all from south-east Queensland. This one has a strange life. Males are unlikely to survive to see the birth of their children, the stress of mating seems to be too much for them. Baker said he suspected the rare, Black-tailed Antechinus was a separate species when he and his team came across it last May because it had distinctive yellow-orange markings around its eyes and on its rump, and a black tail and feet. read more

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