Macrotis leucura Thomas 1887

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Peramelemorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 38-42 : 38

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DOI

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scientific name

Macrotis leucura Thomas 1887
status

 

Macrotis leucura Thomas 1887 View in CoL

Macrotis leucura Thomas 1887 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 19: 397.

Type Locality: Undesignated; as the specimen was sent by the South Australian Museum's taxidermist to London, Thomas (1887 a) thought it might have originated near Adelaide or in the northern part of South Australia, whence others in the same collection had come .

Vernacular Names: Lesser Bilby.

Synonyms: Macrotis minor (Spencer 1897) ; Macrotis miseliae Tate 1948 ; Macrotis miselius (Finlayson 1932) .

Distribution: C Australia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Probably extinct; see Ride (1970:200).

Ride, W. D. L. 1970. A guide to the native mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 249 pp.

Thomas, O. 1887 a. Description of a second species of rabbit-bandicoot (Peragale). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5, 19: 397 - 399.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Peramelemorphia

Family

Thylacomyidae

Genus

Macrotis