Greater stick-nest rat
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The greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor), also known as the housebuilding rat[4] and wopilkara,[5] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. They are about the size of a small rabbit and construct large nests of interwoven sticks. Once widespread across southern Australia, the population was reduced after European colonisation to a remnant outpost on South Australia's Franklin Islands. The species has since been reintroduced to a series of protected and monitored areas, with varying levels of success.[6]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Leporillus |
Species: | L. conditor |
Binomial name | |
Leporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848)[3] | |
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