Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

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Genus Lasiorhinus Gray, 1863

  • Lasiorhinus Gray, J.E. 1863. Notice of three wombats in the Zoological Gardens. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 457-459 [458].
    Type species:
     Lasiorhinus mcoyi Gray, 1863 by monotypy (= L. latifrons).
  • Wombatula Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [35].
    Type species:
     Phascolomys gillespiei De Vis, 1900 by monotypy (= L. krefftii).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Dawson, L.J. 1988. Vombatidae. pp. 48-52 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [48]

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Wet Tropics (WT)