Species profile—Mesembriomys gouldii rattoides (black-footed tree-rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Mesembriomys gouldii rattoides (black-footed tree-rat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Mesembriomys gouldii rattoides (Thomas, 1924)
- Common name
- black-footed tree-rat
- Type reference
- Thomas, O. 1924. Some new Australasian Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 13: 296-299 [296].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 762
- Synonym(s)
- Mesembriomys gouldii
- Alternate name(s)
- shaggy rabbit-rat
long-haired rabbit rat - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=762.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
