Sunday, August 27, 2017

GREATER STICK-NEST RAT


46                  GREATER STICK-NEST RAT                 Leporillus conditor

AUSTRALIA               46

Formerly widespread from Shark Bay across the centre to junction of Murray-Darling but declined drastically in 1800s until only on Franklin Island; reintroduced on several islands and in sites in SA, WA and NSW. Vulnerable. Mostly nocturnal, herbivorous, gregarious.


















Greater Stick-nest Rat nest

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