Conilurus capricornensis Cramb & Hocknull, 2010
Capricorn rabbit(-)rat, Capricornian rabbit(-)rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Conilurus sp. (Hocknull, 2005:55)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cramb, Jonathan and Hocknull, Scott. (2010). New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2634: 41-56. [Abstract]
Other references:
Hocknull, Scott A. (2005). Ecological succession during the late Cainozoic of central eastern Queensland: extinction of adiverse rainforest community. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(1): 39-122. [automatic download]
Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 190]
Watts, C. H. S. and Aslin, H. J. (1981). The Rodents of Australia. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
Watts, C. H. S., Baverstock, P. R. and Birrell, J. and Krieg, M. (1992). Phylogeny of the Australian Rodents (Muridae) - a Molecular Approach Using Microcomplement Fixation of Albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology 40(1): 81-90. [Abstract]
Woinarski, J. and Burbidge, A. A. (2016). Conilurus capricornensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75927841A75927844. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T75927841A75927844.en. Downloaded on 23 July 2016.
Woinarski, John C. Z., Burbidge, A. A. and Harrison, P. L. (2014). The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing.
Ziembicki, Mark R. et al. (2015). Stemming the tide: progress towards resolvingthe causes of decline and implementingmanagement responses for the disappearingmammal fauna of northern Australia. THERYA 6(1): 169-225.
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