Urodacus excellens is a species of scorpion in the Urodacidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1888 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Urodacidae |
| Genus: | Urodacus |
| Species: | U. excellens
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| Urodacus excellens | |
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Pocock, Reginald I. (1888). "The species of the genus Urodacus contained in the collection of the British (Natural-History) Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (2): 169–175.
- ^ "Urodacus excellens Pocock, 1888". Atlas of Living Australia. ALA. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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