Mesembriomys macrurus (Peters 1876)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1381

Mesembriomys macrurus (Peters 1876)

[Mesembriomys] macrurus ( Peters 1876) , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 355.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, "at a small mainland creek, Mermaid Strait" ( Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:164).

Vernacular Names: Golden-backed Mesembriomys.

Synonyms: Mesembriomys boweri (Ramsay 1887) .

Distribution: N Western Australia and N Northern Territory ( Watts and Aslin, 1981:128); probably extinct in NW central region of Western Australia ( Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:164). Possibly S New Guinea (Flannery, 1995 a:65).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and McKenzie and Kerle (1995), who discussed decline of the species in some regions and other areas where secure populations persist.