Leporillus conditor

(J. Gould, 1848)

Greater Stick-nest Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sturt, C. 1848. Narrative of an Expedition in Central Australia, Performed under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Year 1844, 5, and 6. Together with a notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847. London: T. & W. Boone, Vol. 1:i

Original name as described

Mus conditor

Other common names

House-building Rat

Type locality

about 45 miles (= 72 km) from Laidley Ponds, Polia area, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003188

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.

Leporillus jonesi

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

jonesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.7.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38a0784b-1749-4ed5-9c68-d4c4cf48d741

Authority page

618

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196801

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leporillus conditor

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

conditor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:522, 523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11634/22457522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus conditor

(J. Gould, 1848)

Family

Muridae

Root name

conditor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

Pl. opp. p. 120, p. 121 (Vol. 1)

Authority publication

London

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