Mesembriomys macrurus (Peters 1876)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1381

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335003

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scientific name

Mesembriomys macrurus (Peters 1876)
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Mesembriomys macrurus (Peters 1876) View in CoL

[Mesembriomys] macrurus ( Peters 1876) View in CoL , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 355.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, "at a small mainland creek, Mermaid Strait" ( Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:164).

Vernacular Names: Golden-backed Mesembriomys.

Synonyms: Mesembriomys boweri (Ramsay 1887) .

Distribution: N Western Australia and N Northern Territory ( Watts and Aslin, 1981:128); probably extinct in NW central region of Western Australia ( Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:164). Possibly S New Guinea (Flannery, 1995 a:65).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and McKenzie and Kerle (1995), who discussed decline of the species in some regions and other areas where secure populations persist.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Mesembriomys

Loc

Mesembriomys macrurus (Peters 1876)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Mesembriomys] macrurus ( Peters 1876 )

Peters 1876: 355
1876
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