Lakeland Downs mouse

Lakeland Downs mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Leggadina
Species:	L. lakedownensis
Binomial name
Leggadina lakedownensis Watts, 1976
Holotype site (QM: JM1292) [2]

The Lakeland Downs mouse (Leggadina lakedownensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Australia (in northern Australia). ^[3] Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

It was first described in 1976 by Chris H.S. Watts. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Aplin, K.; Burbidge, A.A.; Morrison, K.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Leggadina lakedownensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T11384A22459416. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11384A22459416.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Queensland Museum (2019). "Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM. Occurrence: 1066621831" . Retrieved 26 June 2024.
3. "Leggadina lakedownensis Watts, 1976". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
4. "Species Leggadina lakedownensis Watts, 1976". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
5. Chris H.S. Watts (1976). "LEGGADINA-LAKEDOWNENSIS NEW-SPECIES OF MURID RODENT FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 100: 105–108. ISSN   0372-1426. Wikidata   Q126900194.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1340. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.

External links

• Legadinalakedownensis occurrence data from GBIF