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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Mesembriomys
SPECIES Mesembriomys macrurus
Author: | Peters, 1876. | Citation: | Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 355. | Common Name: | Golden-backed Mesembriomys | Type Locality: | Australia, Western Australia, "at a small mainland creek, Mermaid Strait" (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:164). | Distribution: | N Western Australia and N Northern Territory (Watts and Aslin, 1981:128); probably extinct in NW central region of Western Australia (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:164). Possibly S New Guinea (Flannery, 1995a:65). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and McKenzie and Kerle (1995), who discussed decline of the species in some regions and other areas where secure populations persist. |
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