Brush-tailed rabbit rat

Brush-tailed rabbit rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Conilurus
Species: C. penicillatus
Binomial name
Conilurus penicillatus
(Gould, 1842)

The brush-tailed rabbit rat (Conilurus penicillatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Helgen, K., Woinarski, J. & Burbidge, A. (2008). Conilurus penicillatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 10 October 2008.


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