Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) scent-marking. At the end of the breeding season - two weeks for southern animals, four weeks for north

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Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) scent-marking. At the end of the breeding season - two weeks for southern animals, four weeks for northern animals - all adult males die from stress-related illnesses after continuous and frenzied mating during those weeks. Thus younger animals have less competition for food and a greater chance of survival. Dryandra Woodland, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, Australia

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