Leporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 604

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scientific name	Leporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853)
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Leporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853) View in CoL . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1853:126.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, South Australia .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia: once found in S Northern Territory, C and SE Western Australia, South Australia, and western parts of New South Wales and Victoria, but now presumed to be extinct; extent of former range indicated by specimens caught in late 1800's and early 1900's and distribution of empty stick nests ( Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 159; Watts and Aslin, 1981: 152).

STATUS: IUCN - Extinct.