Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

E. P. Ramsay, 1876

Musky Rat Kangaroo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Hypsiprymnodontidae
Genus : Hypsiprymnodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ramsay, E.P. 1876-02. Description of a new genus and species of rat kangaroo, allied to the genus Hypsiprymnus, proposed to be called _Hypsiprymnodon moschatus_. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(1):33-35.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3340059

Original name as described

Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

Other common names

Hypsi

Type material

AM PA.1135, AM PA.1136, MMUS M.458

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Rockingham Bay district," Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000251

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

E. P. Ramsay, 1876

Family

Hypsiprymnodontidae

Root name

moschatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.1135, AM PA.1136, MMUS M.458

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3340059

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40559/21963734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pleopus nudicaudatus

(R. Owen, 1877)

Family

Hypsiprymnodontidae

Root name

nudicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.1.12.2

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2637304f-6d04-4dee-9a49-df19dc6e8853

Authority page

542

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

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