Lakeland Downs Mouse

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Lakeland Downs Mouse
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Leggadina Species: L. lakedownensis
Binomial name
Leggadina lakedownensis Watts, 1976

The Lakeland Downs Mouse (Leggadina lakedownensis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Australia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Leggadina lakedownensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.