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--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Mesembriomys
SPECIES Mesembriomys gouldii
| Author: | Gray, 1843. | | Citation: | List Specimens Mamm. Coll. Br. Mus.: 116. | | Common Name: | Black-footed Mesembriomys | | Type Locality: | Australia, Northern Territory, Port Essington; see details in Mahoney and Richardson (1988:163). | | Distribution: | Australia; N Western Australia, N Northern Territory, N Queensland, Melville Isl, and Bathurst Isl (Friend, 1991; Watts and Aslin, 1981). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Analyses of chromosomal and electrophoretic data (Baverstock et al., 1977a, c, 1981, 1983b) as well as phallic and dental morphology (Lidicker and Brylski, 1987; Misonne, 1969) indicated M. gouldii is phylogenetically most closely related to species of Conilurus. Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Friend and Calaby (1995). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hirsutus (Gould, 1842)
melvillensis Hayman, 1936
rattoides Thomas, 1924
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