Biology:Conilurus capricornensis
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Short description: Extinct species of rodent
| Capricorn rabbit rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Conilurus |
| Species: | †C. capricornensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Conilurus capricornensis Cramb & Hocknull, 2010
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Conilurus capricornensis commonly known as Capricorn rabbit rat[1] is an extinct species of rabbit rat (Conilurus). It was described as a new species in 2010 and is only known by Pleistocene and Holocene dental remains. The species' epithet refers to the Capricorn Caves, Queensland, Australia, where the remains of the species were unearthed.
Description
Conilurus capricornensis can be distinguished from other rabbit-rat species by its molars. It had the broadest molars of any Conilurus species.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andrew Burbidge, John Woinarski & Peter Harrison (2014). The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 568–569.
- ↑ Jonathan Cramb & Scott Hocknull (2010). "New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species". Zootaxa 2634: 41–56.
Wikidata ☰ Q17986628 entry
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