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Leporillus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Leporillus was named by Thomas (1906).

It was assigned to Murinae by Lundelius and Turnbull (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Leporillus Thomas
1999Leporillus Lundelius and Turnbull p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyMurinae
genusLeporillusThomas 1906

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Leporillus Thomas 1906
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Leporillus conditor Surt 1848 [greater stick-nest rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) L. apicalus, L. conditor (182924 182925) L. conditor (182919) L. conditor, L. apicalis (136225)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) L. conditor (181307)