Leggadina Thomas 1910
Creators: name: Musser, Guy G.
name: Carleton, Michael D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Leggadina

description: <i>Leggadina</i> Thomas, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6:606. TYPE SPECIES: <i>Mus forresti</i> Thomas, 1906. COMMENTS: Sometimes included in <i>Pseudomys,</i> but a distinctive genus that is a member of the Australian Old Endemics (Musser, 1981 c:l 67), which includes the Conilurini, which is where <i>Leggadina</i> is usually placed (Baverstock, 1984). Some species of <i>Pseudomys,</i> namely <i>delicatulus</i> and <i>hermannsburgensis,</i> are often included in <i>Leggadina</i> (Lidicker and Brylski, 1987) but only <i>forresti</i> and <i>lakedownensis</i> belong there (Mahoney and Posamentier, 1975; Mahoney and Richardson, 1988; Watts and Aslin, 1981). Data from microcomplement fixation of albumin indicates that <i>L. forresti</i> is so distinct from <i>Pseudomys</i> that it forms a separate clade that is also isolated from all the other Australian endemics (Watts et al., 1992). Morphology of the male reproductive tract, external anatomy of the glans penis, and spermatozoal structure documented in context of comparative study of Australian murines by Breed (1980, 1984, 1986), Morrissey and Breed (1982), and Lidicker and Brylski (1987). Biochemical and chromosomal data discussed by Baverstock et al. (1976 a, 1981, 1983b). Taxonomic, distributional, and biological references for species catalogued by Mahoney and Richardson (1988).
description: Published as part of <i>Guy G. Musser &amp; Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 600, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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