Species Conilurus albipes (Lichtenstein, 1829)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hapalotis albipes Lichtenstein, H. 1829. Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von fünf und sechzig Arten auf funfzig colorirten Steindrucktafeln nach den Originalen des Zoologischen Museums der Universität zu Berlin. Hft 6. Berlin : C.G. Lüderitz. [publication date established from Mahoney, J.A. 1982. Identities of the rodents (Muridae) listed in T.L. Mitchell's 'Three expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia, with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales' (1st ed., 1838; 2nd ed., 1839). Australian Mammalogy 5: 15–36 [34] and Mahoney, J.A. 1982. Identities of the rodents (Muridae) listed in T.L. Mitchell's 'Three expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia, with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales' (1st ed., 1838; 2nd ed., 1839). Australian Mammalogy 5: 15–36] [2 unnumbered pages of text, pl. 29].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1680 skin & skull, SE Australia (as Neuholland); the type locality is identified by Mahoney, J.A. in Walton (1988: 155), as southeastern Aust. on the basis of what is known about the distribution of H. albipes since European settlement of Australia in 1788.

  Type locality references:

  Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988].
• Conylurus constructor Ogilby, W. 1837. in Anon. Abstract (Untitled). in Zoologie. L'Echo du Monde Savant et L'Hermès, no. 294, Vol. 3 (2e division. — Sciences naturelles et géographiques — no. 102), December 23rd 1837. 208, cols 1-2 pp. [208] [Anon. (loc. cit.) is an abstract of Ogilby (1838).].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 63.6.20.1 skin (whereabouts of skull unknown; the registration number, BMNH 63.2.20.1, recorded by Thomas loc. cit. for the lectotype is incorrect, see Mahoney, J.A. 1982. Identities of the rodents (Muridae) listed in T.L. Mitchell's 'Three expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia, with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales' (1st ed., 1838; 2nd ed., 1839). Australian Mammalogy 5: 15–36 [22]), southeastern Australia (as NSW); the type locality is identified by Mahoney in Walton (1988: 155), as SE Australia on the basis of what is known about the distribution of C. constructor since European settlement of Australia in 1788.

  Type locality references:

  Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988].

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Ogilby, W. 1838. Notice of certain Australian quadrupeds, belonging to the Order Rodentia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 121-132.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [155]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Apparently extinct.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, terrestrial.

 

General References

Dixon, J.M. 1995. White-footed Tree-rat Conilurus albipes. pp. 552-553 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Gould, J. 1853. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 5

Mahoney, J.A. 1982. Identities of the rodents (Muridae) listed in T.L. Mitchell's 'Three expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia, with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales' (1st ed., 1838; 2nd ed., 1839). Australian Mammalogy 5: 15-36

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (White-footed Rabbit-rat)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [111] (White-footed Tree-rat)