Greater stick-nest rat
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Greater stick-nest rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Leporillus |
Species: | L. conditor |
Binomial name | |
Leporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848) | |
The greater stick-nest rat, house-building rat (Leporillus conditor) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Australia on the Franklin Islands and St Peter Island in the Nuyts Archipelago, Reevesby Island, Salutation Island, Faure Island and Heirisson Prong, and a fenced off area at Roxby Downs in South Australia.[2] It was formerly widespread in semi-arid habitat on the mainland, where the soils were shallow with calcereous underlying strata.[3]
It measures 32 to 44 cm in total length, weigthing 180 to 450 g.[4] Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
References
- ↑ Morris, K. & Copley, P. (2008). Leporillus conditor. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 10 October 2008. Listed as Vulnerable(VU D2 v3.1)
- ↑ http://www.arkive.org/greater-stick-nest-rat/leporillus-conditor/info.html
- ↑ Josephine Flood (2004) Archaeology of the Dreamtime, J.B Publishing, Marleston p. 206 ISBN 1-876622-50-4
- ↑ http://www.arkive.org/greater-stick-nest-rat/leporillus-conditor/
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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