The brush-tailed rabbit rat, Conilurus penicillatus, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. It is the sole surviving species of its genus: the white-footed rabbit-rat and the Capricorn rabbit-rat, the other two Conilurus species in Australia before European colonisation, are now extinct. Three subspecies are recognised, one in Papua New Guinea and two in Australia, on the Tiwi Islands and on the mainland. It weighs 116 to 216 grams, has a head-body length of 135 to 227 millimetres, and a long tail with a slight brush at the tip. It is semi-arboreal and nocturnal, denning in trees and hollow logs, and has declined sharply on the Australian mainland and the Tiwi Islands.
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Muridae, Taxa Source Brush-tailed rabbit rat (Wikipedia)
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It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Brush-tailed rabbit rat (Wikipedia)Lead, Papua New GuineaQuote, Lead, Papua New Guinea
It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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1. Brush-tailed rabbit rat (Wikipedia)
Taxonomy, surviving species
represents the sole surviving species of the genus
Behaviour
is a semi-arboreal, nocturnal species that spends some of its time foraging on the ground
Distribution and decline
On the Australian mainland, the species has substantially declined
Lead, Australia
It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Lead, Papua New Guinea
It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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