Genus of rodents
Rabbit rats
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent |
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| Conilurus albipes |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Conilurus
Ogilby, 1838 |
| Species |
| †Conilurus albipes
†Conilurus capricornensis
Conilurus penicillatus |
The rabbit rats, genus Conilurus represent an unusual genus of Old World rats from Australia, New Guinea, and Melville Island.
Head and body are 16.5–20 cm. Tail length is 18–21.5 cm. The tail is haired and has a distinct tuft at the end. These nocturnal animals are found in habitats ranging from coastal areas, swamps, plains, and forests. They have been reported along the edge of oceanic surf, presumably feeding.
Young have been found to cling to one of the mother's four nipples while she forages. Gestation is 33–35 days.
Species
Genus Conilurus - rabbit rats
- †White-footed rabbit rat, Conilurus albipes
- †Capricorn rabbit rat, Conilurus capricornensis[1]
- Brush-tailed rabbit rat, Conilurus penicillatus
References
- ^ Cramb, Jonathan; Scott Hocknull (2010). "New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2634: 41–56.
- Duff, A. and A. Lawson. 2004. Mammals of the World A Checklist. New Haven, Yale University Press.
- Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)
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Pogonomys
Division | | Abeomelomys | - Highland brush mouse (A. sevia)
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| Anisomys | - Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator)
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| Brassomys | - White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens)
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| Chiruromys | - Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi)
- Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia)
- Lesser tree mouse (C. vates)
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| Coccymys | |
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Hyomys
(White-eared rats) | - Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani)
- Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath)
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Macruromys
(New Guinean rats) | - Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans)
- Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)
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Mallomys
(Giant tree rats) | - De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis)
- Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung)
- Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap)
- Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi)
- Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
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| Mammelomys | - Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides)
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Pogonomelomys
(Rummler's
mosaic tailed rats) | - Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi)
- Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni)
- Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri)
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Pogonomys
(Prehensile-tailed rats) | - Champion's tree mouse (P. championi)
- D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis)
- Large tree mouse (P. loriae)
- Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus)
- Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris)
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| Xenuromys | - Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus)
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Pseudomys
Division | | Conilurus | - Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus)
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| Leggadina | - Forrest's mouse (L. forresti)
- Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis)
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Leporillus
(Australian
stick-nest rats) | - Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor)
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| Mastacomys | - Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus)
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Mesembriomys
(Tree rats) | - Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
- Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)
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Notomys
(Australian
hopping mice) | - Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis)
- Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo)
- Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus)
- Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus)
- Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii)
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Pseudomys
(Australian native mice) | - Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus)
- Silky mouse (P. apodemoides)
- Plains rat (P. australis)
- Bolam's mouse (P. bolami)
- Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi)
- Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani)
- Little native mouse (P. delicatulus)
- Desert mouse (P. desertor)
- Smoky mouse (P. fumeus)
- Gould's mouse (P. gouldii)
- Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus)
- Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis)
- Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi)
- Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni)
- Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus)
- New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae)
- Western mouse (P. occidentalis)
- Hastings River mouse (P. oralis)
- Country mouse (P. patrius)
- Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis)
- Heath mouse (P. shortridgei)
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Zyzomys
(Thick-tailed rats) | - Common rock rat (Z. argurus)
- Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini)
- Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis)
- Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus)
- Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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Taxon identifiers |
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| Conilurus | |
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