Leggadina lakedownensis

Watts, 1976

Northern Short-tailed Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Watts, C.H.S. 1976-05-31. _Leggadina lakedownensis_, a new species of murid rodent from north Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 100(2):105-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41078437

Original name as described

Leggadina lakedownensis

Other common names

Lakeland Downs Leggadina · Lakeland Downs Mouse · Lakeland Downs Short-tailed Mouse · Thevenard Island Mouse · Tropical Short-tailed Mouse

Type material

QM JM1292

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110318/leggadina-lakedownensis

Type locality

110 km north of Cooktown, Lakeland Downs, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003186

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.

Leggadina lakedownensis

Watts, 1976

Family

Muridae

Root name

lakedownensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM JM1292

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110318/leggadina-lakedownensis

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41078437

Authority publication

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11384/22459416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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