Conilurus capricornensis
Conilurus capricornensis commonly known as Capricorn rabbit rat[1] is an extinct species of rabbit rat (Conilurus). It was described as a new species in 2010 and is only known by Pleistocene and Holocene dental remains. The species' epithet refers to the Capricorn Caves, Queensland, Australia, were the holotype was unearthed.
| Capricorn rabbit rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Conilurus |
| Species: | C. capricornensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conilurus capricornensis Cramb & Hocknull, 2010 | |
Description
Conilurus capricornensis can be distinguished from other rabbit-rat species by its molars. It had the broadest molars of any Conilurus species.[2]
References
- Andrew Burbidge, John Woinarski & Peter Harrison (2014). The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 568–569.
- Jonathan Cramb & Scott Hocknull (2010). "New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 2634: 41–56.
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