Species Leggadina lakedownensis Watts, 1976
Lakeland Downs Mouse
- Leggadina lakedownensis Watts, C.H.S. 1976. Leggadina lakedownensis, a new species of murid rodent from North Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 100: 105-108 [105].
Type data:
Holotype QM JM1292 ♀ skin & skull (the registration number, JM1192, recorded by Watts, op. cit. for the holotype is incorrect), Lakeland Downs, 70 miles S of Cooktown, QLD, see QM Register.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore, terrestrial.
General References
Baverstock, P.R., Hogarth, J.T., Cole, S. & Covacevich, J. 1976. Biochemical and karyotypic evidence for the specific status of the rodent Leggadina lakedownensis Watts. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 100: 109-112
Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Cole, S.R. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 289-303
Covacevich, J. 1995. Lakeland Downs Mouse Leggadina lakedownensis. pp. 556-557 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Kutt, A.S. & Kemp, J.E. 2006. Distribution, habitat and conservation status of Leggadina lakedownensis in Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 33: 28-264
Moro, D. & Morris, K.D. 2000. Movements and refugia of Lakeland Downs short-tailed mice, Leggadina lakedownensis, and house mice, Mus domesticus, on Thevenard Island, Western Australia. Wildlife Research 27: 11-20
Watts, C.H.S. 1982. Australian hydromyine rodents: maintenance of captive colonies. pp. 180-184 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Lakeland Downs Mouse)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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04-Feb-2023 | 10-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
10-Dec-2010 | 03-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |