Conilurus capricornensis

Cramb & Hocknull, 2010

Capricorn Rabbit Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Conilurus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Cramb, J. and Hocknull, S. 2010-10-04. New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2634(1):41-56.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2634.1.3

Original name as described

Conilurus capricornensis

Type material

QM F54017

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Dodgey's Cave surface collection, Broken River, NE Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described extinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Cramb, J. and Hocknull, S. 2010. New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2634(1):41-56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2634.1.3

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003171

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Names and synonyms

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Total: 1 name and synonym.

Conilurus capricornensis

Cramb & Hocknull, 2010

Family

Muridae

Root name

capricornensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM F54017

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

QML1091S Dodgey's Cave surface collection, Broken River, north east Queensland [said to be Recent in age, table 1]

Type locality

Australia: Queensland: 21°10′6″S, 148°30′18″E.

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/75927841/75927844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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