Lasiorhinus krefftii

(R. Owen, 1872)

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Also as Krefft's Hairy-nosed Wombat, Moonie River Wombat, Queensland Hairy-nosed Wombat.
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Location:Australia, QLD, Epping Forest National Park, near ClermontDate taken:7 September 2011Description:Also as Krefft's Hairy-nosed Wombat, Moonie River Wombat, Queensland Hairy-nosed Wombat.

Distribution :

Australia: SE and E Queensland, Deniliquin (New South Wales).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3210

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Vombatiformes
Infraorder: Vombatomorphia
Superfamily: Vombatoidea
Family: Vombatidae
Genus: Lasiorhinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Owen, R. 1872. On the fossil mammals of Australia.—Part VI. Genus Phascolomys, Geoffr. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 162(1):173-196.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54213103

Original name as described

Phascolomys Krefftii

Other common names

Krefft's Hairy-nosed Wombat · Moonie River Wombat · Queensland Hairy-nosed Wombat

Type material

BMNH:PV:OR 42601

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Breccia Cavern, Wellington Caves, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000405

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Phascolomys Krefftii

R. Owen, 1872

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

krefftii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:OR 42601

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

the same bone-cave as the last-described fossil [i.e., a Phascolomys Mitchelli from "the same bone-cave as the type fossils", i.e., Wellington Caves]

Type locality

Australia: New South Wales.

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54213103

Authority publication

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Name usages

Owen (1872:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54213103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67868)
Jackson & Groves (2015:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Phascolomys gillespiei

De Vis, 1900

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

gillespiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Australia.

Authority page

16; Plates 9–10

Authority publication

Annals of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:831, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Jackson & Groves (2015:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Phascolomys kreffti:

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

kreffti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

831

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423712

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:831, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Lasiorhinus latifrons barnardi

H. A. Longman, 1939

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

barnardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Australia: Queensland.

Authority page

283; Plate 26

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Lasiorhinus kreffti:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

kreffti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

19

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Lasiorhinus krefftii:

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

krefftii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Jackson & Groves (2015:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11343/21959050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lasiorhinus krefftii barnardi:

Groves, 2005

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

barnardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Jackson & Groves (2015:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Lasiorhinus krefftii gillespiei:

Groves, 2005

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

gillespiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Jackson & Groves (2015:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Lasiorhinus krefftii krefftii:

Groves, 2005

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

krefftii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Jackson & Groves (2015:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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