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SPECIES Conilurus albipes
Author: | Lichtenstein, 1829. | Citation: | Darst. Säugeth., 6: 2 unno. text pages and pl. 29. | Common Name: | White-footed Conilurus | Type Locality: | SE Australia (Neuholland); see Mahoney and Richardson (1988:155). | Distribution: | Australia; once occurred in a strip from SE Queensland through coastal New South Wales and Victoria into SE South Australia (Robinson et al., 2000; Watts and Aslin, 1981:130); see Williams and Menkhorst (1995a) for past distribution in Victoria. | Status: | IUCN – Extinct. | Comments: | Living C. albipes have not been encountered by naturalists for over a century and the species is apparently extinct (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988; Watts and Aslin, 1981; Dixon, 1995a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
constructor (Ogilby, 1837) destructor Palmer, 1897
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