White-footed rabbit-rat
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| phylum | Chordata | The white-footed rabbit-rat (Conilurus albipes) is an extinct species of rodent, which was originally found in woodlands from Adelaide to Sydney, but became restricted to south-eastern Australia. It was kitten-sized and was one of Australia's largest native rodents. It was nocturnal and lived among trees. It made nests filled with leaves and possibly grass in the limbs of hollow eucalyptus trees. The mother carried her young attached to her teats.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Rodentia | |
| family | Muridae | |
| genus | Conilurus | |
| species | C. albipes |
