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Lasiorhinus krefftii barnardi (Longman, 1939:283)

Northern hairy-nosed wombat

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Lasiorhinus latifrons barnardi Longman, 1939:283 (basionym)

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered (Crossman, 1988)

 

Distribution

Queensland, Australia

Type locality: "Epping Forest Station, 75 km west of Clermont, Qld." (Dawson, 1988:48)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Syntypes:

QM 6239 (male; skin & skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)

QM 6240 (skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)

QM 6283 (skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)

QM 6284 (skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Longman, H. A. (1939). A central Queensland wombat. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 283-287, pl. 26.

 

Other references:

Crossman, D. (1988). Lost and found. The northern hairy-nosed wombat. Wildlife in Australia 25: 8-11.

Dawson, L. J. (1988). Vombatidae, pp. 48-50. In: Walton, D. W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. x + 273 pp.

Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]

Horsup, A. and Johnson, C. N. (2023). Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii, pp. 205-207. In: Baker, Andrew M. and Gynther, Ian C. (eds.). Strahan’s Mammals of Australia (4th ed.). Wahroonga, NSW: Reed New Holland Publishers. 848 pp.

Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 99]

Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea.  Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]

 

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