Conilurus albipes (Lichtenstein 1829)

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 : 1308

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scientific name	Conilurus albipes (Lichtenstein 1829)
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[Hapalotis] albipes Lichtenstein 1829 , Darst. Saugeth., Vol. 6: 2 unno. text pages and pl. 29.

Type Locality: SE Australia (Neuholland); see Mahoney and Richardson (1988:155).

Vernacular Names: White-footed Conilurus.

Synonyms: Conilurus constructor (Ogilby 1837) ; Conilurus destructor Palmer 1897 .

Distribution: Australia; once occurred in a strip from SE Queensland through coastal New South Wales and Victoria into SE South Australia (Robinson et al., 2000; Watts and Aslin, 1981:130); see Williams and Menkhorst (1995 a) for past distribution in Victoria.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Living C. albipes have not been encountered by naturalists for over a century and the species is apparently extinct ( Mahoney and Richardson, 1988; Watts and Aslin, 1981; Dixon, 1995 a).