Greater stick-nest rat  (Leporillus conditor)

Range

The natural population of this species is restricted to the West and Eastern Franklin Islands, off the South Australian coast. Captive bred populations have also been successfully introduced onto St Peter Island, Reevesby Island, Salutation Island and Heirisson Prong, and to a fenced area at Roxby Downs (South Australia) (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Inhabits semi-arid to arid scrubland where there is little or no freshwater (2).

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