Genus Conilurus Ogilby, 1838
- Conilurus Ogilby, W. in Anon. 1838. Notice of certain Australian quadrupeds, belonging to the Order Rodentia. pp. 95–96 in Linnaean Society. London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 3 12: 92-97 [96] [Anon. (loc. cit.) is an abstract of Ogilby, W. 1838. Notice of certain Australian quadrupeds, belonging to the Order Rodentia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 121–132; it predates the latter work, see 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 [18]; unjustified emendation of Conylurus Ogilby, 1837].
Secondary source:
Ogilby, W. 1838. Notice of certain Australian quadrupeds, belonging to the Order Rodentia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 121-132; 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. - Hapalotis Lichtenstein, H. 1829. Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von fünf und sechzig Arten auf funfzig colorirten Steindrucktafeln nach den Originalen des Zoologischen Museums der Universität zu Berlin. Hft 6. Berlin : C.G. Lüderitz. [publication date established from 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 [34] and 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] [2 unnumbered pages of text, pl.29] [junior homonym of Hapalotis Hübner, 1821].
Type species:
Hapalotis albipes Lichtenstein, 1829 by monotypy. - Conylurus Ogilby, W. 1837. in Anon. Abstract (Untitled). in Zoologie. L'Echo du Monde Savant et L'Hermès, no. 294, Vol. 3 (2e division. — Sciences naturelles et géographiques — no. 102), December 23rd 1837. 208, cols 1-2 pp. [208] [Anon. (loc. cit.) is an abstract of Ogilby, W. 1838. Notice of certain Australian quadrupeds, belonging to the Order Rodentia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 121–132].
Type species:
Conylurus constructor Ogilby, 1837 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] (Conilurus is listed as the name of the genus because it is in general use for the taxon; the valid name Conylurus Ogilby, 1837 is an unused senior synonym of Conilurus Ogilby, 1838)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
- Papua New Guinea
Distribution References
- Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
- Menzies, J.I. & Dennis, E. 1979. Handbook of New Guinea Rodents. Handbook No. 6. Wau : Wau Ecology Institute vi 68 pp. 8 pls.
- Waithman, J. 1979. A report on a collection of mammals from southwest Papua, 1972–1973. The Australian Zoologist 20: 313-326
- Ziegler, A.C. 1982. An ecological check-list of New Guinea Recent mammals. pp. 863-894 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague & London : W. Junk Vol. 2(4) vii 983 pp.
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 | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |