Black-footed tree-rat
| Black-footed tree-rat | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Mesembriomys |
| Species: | M. gouldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesembriomys gouldii Gray, 1843 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hapalotis hirsutus Gould, 1842 | |
The black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii) is one of two endemic arboreal rat species from the genus Mesembriomys found in the northern regions of Australia.
The species is one of the largest murids found in Australia. It is a folivore and frugivore and its diet may be supplemented by invertebrates such as termites and molluscs.
References
- ↑ Woinarski, J., Winter, J. & Burbidge, A. (2008). Mesembriomys gouldii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- 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.