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Rabbit-rats
Conilurus
The rabbit rats, genus Conilurus represent an unusual genus of Old World rats from Australia, New Guinea, and Melville Island.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat
speciesConilurus penicillatus
Capricorn Rabbit-rat
speciesConilurus capricornensis

White-footed Rabbit-rat
speciesConilurus albipes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45614.