# Conilurus

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Genus of rodents

Rabbit rats Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent Conilurus albipes Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Tribe: Hydromyini Genus: Conilurus Ogilby, 1838 Species †Conilurus albipes †Conilurus capricornensis Conilurus penicillatus

The **rabbit rats** of [genus](/source/Genus) ***Conilurus*** represent an unusual genus of [Old World rats](/source/Old_World_rats) from [Australia](/source/Australia), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), and [Melville Island](/source/Melville_Island_(Northern_Territory)).

Head and body are 16.5–20 cm. Tail length is 18–21.5 cm. The tail is haired and has a distinct tuft at the end. These [nocturnal animals](/source/Nocturnal_animal) are found in habitats ranging from coastal areas, swamps, plains, and forests. They have been reported along the edge of oceanic surf, presumably feeding.

Young have been found to cling to one of the mother's four nipples while she forages. Gestation is 33–35 days.

## Species

Genus *Conilurus* - rabbit rats

- †[White-footed rabbit rat](/source/White-footed_rabbit_rat), *Conilurus albipes*

- †[Capricorn rabbit rat](/source/Capricorn_rabbit_rat), *Conilurus capricornensis*[1]

- [Brush-tailed rabbit rat](/source/Brush-tailed_rabbit_rat), *Conilurus penicillatus*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Cramb, Jonathan; Scott Hocknull (2010). ["New Quaternary records of *Conilurus* (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species"](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02634p056f.pdf) (PDF). *[Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa)*. **2634**: 41–56. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/zootaxa.2634.1.3](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.2634.1.3).

- Duff, A. and A. Lawson. 2004. Mammals of the World A Checklist. New Haven, Yale University Press.

- Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.

v t e Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Mammalia Superorder: Euarchontoglires Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Pogonomys Division Abeomelomys Highland brush mouse (A. sevia) Anisomys Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator) Brassomys White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens) Chiruromys Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi) Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia) Lesser tree mouse (C. vates) Coccymys C. kirrhos Rümmler's brush mouse (C. ruemmleri) C. shawmayeri Hyomys (White-eared rats) Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani) Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath) Macruromys (New Guinean rats) Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans) Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major) Mallomys (Giant tree rats) De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis) Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung) Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap) Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi) Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.) Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.) Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.) Mammelomys Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus) Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides) Pogonomelomys (Rummler's mosaic tailed rats) Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi) Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni) Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri) Pogonomys (Prehensile-tailed rats) Champion's tree mouse (P. championi) D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis) Large tree mouse (P. loriae) Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus) Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus) Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris) Xenuromys Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus) Pseudomys Division Conilurus Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus) Leggadina Forrest's mouse (L. forresti) Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis) Leporillus (Australian stick-nest rats) Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor) Mastacomys Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus) Mesembriomys (Tree rats) Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii) Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus) Notomys (Australian hopping mice) Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis) Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo) Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus) Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus) Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii) Pseudomys (Australian native mice) Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus) Silky mouse (P. apodemoides) Plains rat (P. australis) Bolam's mouse (P. bolami) Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi) Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani) Little native mouse (P. delicatulus) Desert mouse (P. desertor) Smoky mouse (P. fumeus) Gould's mouse (P. gouldii) Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus) Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis) Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi) Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni) Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus) New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae) Western mouse (P. occidentalis) Hastings River mouse (P. oralis) Country mouse (P. patrius) Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis) Heath mouse (P. shortridgei) Zyzomys (Thick-tailed rats) Common rock rat (Z. argurus) Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini) Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis) Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus) Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi) See also Aethomys–Chrotomys Colomys–Golunda Hadromys–Maxomys Melasmothrix–Mus Oenomys–Pithecheir Rattus Stenocephalomys–Xeromys Otomys Others

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†Olympicomys Phyllotis Punomys Reithrodon Salinomys †Tafimys Tapecomys Thomasomyini Abrawayaomys Aepeomys Chilomys Delomys Phaenomys Rhagomys Rhipidomys Thomasomys Wilfredomys Wiedomyini †Cholomys Wiedomys Sigmodontalia Ichthyomyini Anotomys Chibchanomys Daptomys Ichthyomys Neusticomys Rheomys Sigmodontini †Prosigmodon Sigmodon Tylomyinae Nyctomyini Nyctomys Ototylomys Tylomyini Otonyctomys Tylomys Muridae Deomyinae Acomys Deomys Lophuromys Uranomys Gerbillinae Ammodillus Desmodilliscini Desmodilliscus Pachyuromys Gerbillini Brachiones Dipodillus Gerbillus Meriones Microdillus Psammomys Rhombomys Sekeetamys Gerbillurini Desmodillus Gerbilliscus Gerbillurus Tatera Taterillini Taterillus Leimacomyinae Leimacomys Lophiomyinae Lophiomys Murinae †Alormys †Coryphomys Hadromys †Hoojieromys †Spelaeomys Vernaya Apodemini Apodemus †Rhagamys Tokudaia Arvicanthini Aethomys Arvicanthis †Canariomys Dasymys Dephomys Desmomys Golunda Grammomys Hybomys Lamottemys Lemniscomys †Malpaisomys Micaelamys 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Diplothrix Echiothrix Eropeplus Halmaheramys Hyorhinomys Kadarsanomys Komodomys Lenomys Lenothrix Leopoldamys Limnomys Margaretamys Maxomys Melasmothrix Micromys †Milimonggamys Nesokia Nesoromys Niviventer Papagomys Palawanomys Paruromys Paucidentomys Paulamys †Raksasamys Rattus Saxatilomys Sommeromys Srilankamys Sundamys Taeromys Tarsomys Tateomys Tonkinomys Tryphomys Waiomys Vandeleurini Vandeleuria †Pseudocricetodontinae Adelomyarion Cincamyarion Heterocricetodon Latocricetodon Lignitella Kerosinia Oxynocricetodon Pseudocricetodon Nesomyidae Cricetomyinae Beamys Cricetomys Saccostomus Delanymyinae Delanymys Dendromurinae Dendromus Dendroprionomys Malacothrix Megadendromus Prionomys Steatomys Mystromyinae Mystromys Nesomyinae Brachytarsomys Brachyuromys Eliurus Gymnuromys Hypogeomys Macrotarsomys Monticolomys Nesomys Voalavo Petromyscinae Petromyscus

Taxon identifiers Conilurus Wikidata: Q738245 Wikispecies: Conilurus ADW: Conilurus AFD: Conilurus CoL: 3T7T EoL: 111108 GBIF: 2437958 iNaturalist: 45614 IRMNG: 1294479 ITIS: 585001 MSW: 13001296 NCBI: 10126 Open Tree of Life: 794944 Paleobiology Database: 339026

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