Postmating death of all males is reported for the first time in field populations of two species of dasyurid marsupials, Parantechinus apicalis and Dasyurus hallucatus. These results differ from field and laboratory studies on other populations of these species, and suggest that life history variation within and between species and genera of dasyurids is more pronounced than has been suspected.
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