Species profile—Conilurus penicillatus (brush-tailed tree-rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Conilurus penicillatus (brush-tailed tree-rat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Conilurus penicillatus (Gould, 1842)
- Common name
- brush-tailed tree-rat
- WildNet taxon ID
- 780
- Alternate name(s)
- brush-tailed rabbit-rat
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- 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=780.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
