Species Leporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853) (extinct)
Lesser Stick-nest Rat
- Hapalotis apicalis Gould, J. 1853. Remarks on the genus Hapalotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851: 126-127 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 439]] [126].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (once in the possession of John Gould; Thomas, O. 1921. Notes on Australasian rats, with a selection of lectotypes for Australasian Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 8: 425–433 (433) selected a 'lectotype', BMNH 53.10.22.15, for H. apicalis; for a discussion of Thomas' lectotype selection see Mahoney, J.A. 1975. The identity and status of Thomas' 'lectotype' of Leporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853) [Rodentia: Muridae]. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99: 101–104 [102]), South Australia.Type locality references:
Gould, J. 1853. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 5. [text to 12th pl. of Pt 5] (=Vol. 3 pl. 2).
Generic Combinations
- Leporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853). —
Thomas, O. 1906. On the generic arrangement of the Australian rats hitherto referred to Conilurus, with remarks on the structure and evolution of their molar cusps. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 81-85 [83] (new combination)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extinct.
IBRA
NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Folivore, gregarious, terrestrial.
General References
Head, L. 1993. Stick-nest rat (Leporillus spp) nests as sources of arid and semi-arid zone palaeoclimatic data: review and prospects. Quaternary Australasia 11: 38-42
Krefft, G. 1865. On the vertebrated animals of the Lower Murray and Darling, their habits, economy and geographical distribution. Transactions of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1862-1865: 1-33
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
Nelson, D.J., Webb, R.H. & Long, P. 1990. Analysis of stick-nest rat (Leporillus: Muridae) middens from central Australia. pp. 428-434 in Betancourt, J.L., van Devender, T.R. & Martin, P.S. (eds). Packrat middens. The last 40,000 years of bionic change. Tucson : University of Arizona Press.
Pearson, S. 1999. Late Holocene biological records from the middens of stick-nest rats in the Central Australian Arid Zone. Quaternary International 59: 39-46
Robinson, A.C. 1995. Lesser Stick-nest Rat Leporillus apicalis. pp. 558-559 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Watts, C.H.S. & Eves, B.M. 1976. Notes on the nests and diet of the White-tailed Stick-nest rat, Leporillus apicalis, in northern South Australia. South Australian Naturalist 51: 1,3,9-12
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Lesser Stick-nest Rat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2023 | MURIDAE | 17-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Feb-2023 | 10-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 10-Dec-2010 | 03-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |