Taxonomy Profile: Leporillus conditor (Sturt 1848)

Leporillus conditor: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Leporillus jonesi
Thomas 1921
Common Name(s):
Greater Stick-nest Rat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Leporillus conditor: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Leporillus
Australian Stick-nest Rats |
Species : Leporillus conditor
Greater Stick-nest Rat |
Leporillus conditor Direct Children(s):
Leporillus conditor: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Leporillus conditor
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Leporillus conditor
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Leporillus conditor
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Leporillus conditor
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Watts, Christopher H. S., and H. J. Aslin
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-01-01 / 1981-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of Australia
Page(s):
ix + 321
Publisher:
Angus & Robertson Publishers
Publication Place:
Australia
ISBN/ISSN:
0-207-14235-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Leporillus conditor
Leporillus conditor: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Leporillus conditor: Comments
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
Comment:
Comments: Phylogenetic significance of spermatozoal morphology reported by Breed and Sarafis (1978) and Breed (1997); chromosomal morphology described by Baverstock et al. (1977c). Electrophoretic data indicated L. conditor is phylogenetically closely allied to Pseudomys (Baverstock et al., 1981), but information from analyses of phallic and dental morphology placed L. conditor in same monophyletic groups as Conilurus and Mesembriomys, to the exclusion of Pseudomys (Lidicker and Brylski, 1987; Misonn...