Caloprymnus

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Caloprymnus is a genus of small, hopping marsupials known as the desert rat-kangaroos, formerly native to arid regions of Australia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Caloprymnus canonical 3
Caloprymnus campestris 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
species
taxon
activityPattern nocturnal
class Mammalia
Mammalia
commonName buff-nosed rat-kangaroo
desert rat-kangaroo
desert rat-kangaroo genus
desert rat-kangaroos
conservationStatus extinct
monotypic genus with an extinct species
containsTaxon Caloprymnus campestris
linked to: Caloprymnus
describedAs small hopping marsupials
diet herbivorous
endemicTo Australia
extinctionStatus believed extinct in the wild
family Potoroidae
Potoroidae
genus Caloprymnus
habitat arid desert
arid grasslands
gibber plains
semi-arid shrubland
historicalRange Channel Country of central Australia
Lake Eyre Basin region
linked to: Lake Eyre Basin
infraclass Marsupialia
Marsupialia
kingdom Animalia
Animalia
locomotion hopping
nativeTo Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
arid regions of central Australia
order Diprotodontia
Diprotodontia
parentTaxon Caloprymnus
phylum Chordata
Chordata
taxonRank genus
species

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Potoroidae containsTaxon Caloprymnus
Caloprymnus containsTaxon Caloprymnus campestris
linked to: Caloprymnus
Caloprymnus campestris parentTaxon Caloprymnus
subject linked to: Caloprymnus
Caloprymnus campestris genus Caloprymnus
subject linked to: Caloprymnus