Leporillus conditor - #420
Greater Stick-nest Rat
Oblique view of captive, from Nuyts Archipelago, South Australia
Geographic Distribution
Australia; once ranged on mainland from lower Darling River to Nullarbor Plain in New South Wales, probably NW Victoria, South Australia, and SE corner of Western Australia, and presumed to be extinct; living population on Franklin Isl in Nuyt's Arch. of W South Australia; rats from a captive breeding program have been released onto Reevesby, Salutation, and St. Peter Isls in S Australia.
Order/Family
Muridae
Genus
Leporillus
Specific Epithet
conditor
Image Location
Inst. Med. & Vet. Sci., Adelaide, SA, Australia
Image Date
1972
Photographer
H J Aslin