Taxonomy
The yellow-footed antechinus was described in 1838 by George Robert Waterhouse, who noted its most distinctive feature in its species name flavipes, which means "yellow-footed". The species has occasionally been combined with the brown antechinus (A. stuartii).
A member of the family Dasyuridae, the yellow-footed antechinus is the most widespread of all the members of its genus, Antechinus.
Three subspecies of the yellow-footed antechinus are recognised:
- A. f. flavipes, found in southeastern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
- A. f. leucogaster, found in southwestern Western Australia
- A. f. rubeculus, found in northeastern Queensland
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