Species Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876
Musky Rat-kangaroo
- Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, E.P. 1876. Description of a new genus and species of rat-kangaroo, allied to the genus Hypsiprymnus, proposed to be called Hypsiprymnodon moschatus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 33-35 [34].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM 1135 (Palmer Register) ♂ mounted specimen, Rockingham Bay, QLD; AM 1136 (Palmer Register) ♀ mounted specimen, Rockingham Bay, QLD. - Pleopus nudicaudatus Owen, R. 1877. On a new marsupial from Australia: Pleopus nudicaudatus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 20: 542.
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 78.1.12.2 ♀ adult skin & damaged skull, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ adult skin & skull.Subsequent designation references:
Thomas, O. 1922. A selection of lectotypes of the typical Australian marsupials in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 10: 127-128.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, fungivore, insectivorous, noctidiurnal, omnivore, solitary, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Quadrupedal locomotion, generally solitary.
General References
Carlsson, A. 1915. Zur Morphologie des Hypsiprymnodon moschatus. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(6): 1-48
Dennis, A. 2004. Marsupial Gardeners. Nature Australia 28(1): 26-33
Dennis, A.J. & Johnson, P.M. 1995. Musky Rat-kangaroo Hypsiprymnodon moschatus. pp. 282-284 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Dennis, A.J.& Marsh, H. 1997. Seasonal reproduction in musky rat-kangaroos, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus: a response to changes in resource availability. Wildlife Research 24: 561-578
Drew, A. & Spencer, H.J. 1998. Consumption of Idiospermum australiense seeds by the musky rat kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (Marsupialia: Potoroidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 438
Johnson, P.M., Haffenden, A.T. & Denison, J. 1983. Husbandry of the musky rat-kangaroo in captivity. Journal of the Australian Animal Technicians Association 8: 1-8
Johnson, P.M. & Strahan, R. 1982. A further description of the Musky Rat-Kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876 (Marsupialia, Potoroidae), with notes on its biology. The Australian Zoologist 21: 27-46
Laurance, S.G.W. & Laurance, W.F. 1995. A ground-trapping survey for small mammals in continuous forest and two isolated tropical rainforest reserves. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38: 597-602
Laurence, W.F. 1994. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 69: 23-32
Lloyd, S. 2001. Oestrus cycle and gestation length in the musky-rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (Potoroidae: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 49: 37-44
Reddell, P., Spain, A.V. & Hopkins, M. 1997. Dispersal of spores of mycorrhizal fungi in scats of native mammals in tropical forests of northeastern Australia. Biotropica 29: 184-192
Schurer, U. 1985. Das Moschusrattenkanguruh, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus - Beobachtungen im Freiland und im Gehege. Zoologische Garten 55: 257-267
Winter, J. 1991. Mammals. pp. 43-54 in Nix, H.A. & Switzer, M.A. (eds). Rainforest Animals: Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 111 pp. [Kowari]
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Musky Rat-kangaroo)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2023 | 03-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Oct-2010 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |