Rabbit rat

The rabbit rats, genus Conilurus represent an unusual genus of Old World rats from Australia, New Guinea, and Melville Island.

Rabbit rats
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
Conilurus albipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Conilurus
Ogilby, 1838
Species

†Conilurus albipes
†Conilurus capricornensis
Conilurus penicillatus

Head and body are 16.5–20 cm. Tail length is 18-21.5 cm. The tail is haired and has a distinct tuft at the end. These nocturnal animals are found in habitats ranging from coastal areas, swamps, plains, and forests. They have been reported along the edge of oceanic surf, presumably feeding.

Young have been found to cling to one of the mother's four nipples while she forages. Gestation is 33–35 days.

Species

Genus Conilurus - rabbit rats

gollark: The progression is weird in survival, but it's neat to have still.
gollark: Here's the collaborative asteroid base, which evolved into a horrible mess which somehow still held in air.
gollark: Yes, and 1.13 and up apparently had performance problems on servers, though I don't know how true that is.
gollark: Here's a nice moonbase.
gollark: Also, tech mods can be fun even on creative. I was on a creative server with tech mods including GalactiCraft, which allows space travel.

References
  1. Cramb, Jonathan; Scott Hocknull (2010). "New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2634: 41–56.
  • Duff, A. and A. Lawson. 2004. Mammals of the World A Checklist. New Haven, Yale University Press.
  • Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.