Biology:Leporillus
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Short description: Genus of rodents
Leporillus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
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Leporillus apicalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: | Leporillus Thomas, 1906 |
Species | |
†Leporillus apicalis |
Leporillus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Australia . It contains the following species:
- Lesser stick-nest rat (Leporillus apicalis) (extinct)
- Greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor)
References
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1350. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001429.
Wikidata ☰ Q596681 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leporillus.
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