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Species profile—Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (musky rat-kangaroo)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo) → Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (musky rat-kangaroo)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo)
Scientific name
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876
Common name
musky rat-kangaroo
WildNet taxon ID
869
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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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=869

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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