Leporillus apicalis (Gould 1853)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1349

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Leporillus apicalis (Gould 1853)
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[Hapalotis] apicalis Gould 1853 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1853: 126.

Type Locality: Australia, South Australia; see Mahoney and Richardson (1988:159).

Vernacular Names: Lesser Stick-nest Rat.

Distribution: Australia: once found in S Northern Territory, C and S Western Australia, South Australia, and western parts of New South Wales and Victoria, but now presumed to be extinct; extent of former range indicated by specimens caught in late 1800s and early 1900s and distribution of empty stick nests ( Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:159; Robinson, 1995 a:558; Robinson et al., 2000; Watts and Aslin, 1981:152; Williams, 1995 b).

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct (but see comments below).

Discussion: The last specimen of L. apicalis was collected near Mt Crombie in 1933, but there are recent reports from Western Australia of stick nests in caves with fresh green vegetation woven into their structure, a tantalizing sign that the species may not be extinct ( Robinson, 1995 a). Former distribution, along with detailed ecological information, summarized by Copley (1999).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Leporillus

Loc

Leporillus apicalis (Gould 1853)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Hapalotis] apicalis

Gould 1853: 126
1853
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