Lesser stick-nest rat

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phylum Chordata The lesser stick-nest rat or white-tipped stick-nest rat(Leporillus apicalis) is an extinct species of rodent in the Muridae family. It lives in central Australia where it builds a nest of sticks that accumulate over years and becomes very large. The last confirmed sighting of this rat was in 1933 although there is a credible report of a sighting in 1970.


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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Rodentia
family Muridae
genus Leporillus
species L. apicalis