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CAVS: 1107

Species Macrotis leucura (Thomas, 1887) (extinct)

Lesser Bilby

 

Generic Combinations

  • Macrotis leucura (Thomas, 1887).
  • Thylacomys leucurus (Thomas, 1887).
  • Thylacomys minor (Spencer, 1897).
  • Macrotis minor (Spencer, 1897).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Collected only from Mungerani and Cooncheri, SA and 65 km northwest of Charlotte Waters, 23 km south-southeast of Steele Gap, and near Barrow Creek, NT; now extinct.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert sand dunes, fossorial, frugivorous, nocturnal, omnivore, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Burrows in dunes, diet includes rodents.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Nov-2010 21-Dec-2021 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)