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Pseudomys
''Pseudomys'' is a genus of rodent that contains a wide variety of mice native to Australia and New Guinea. They are among the few terrestrial placental mammals that colonised Australia without human intervention. Natural history This genus contains a number of species with different habits making generalisation difficult. The overall body size varies widely, ranging from 60 to 160 mm. The tail is 60–180 mm and the weight is recorded from 12 to 90 g. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats from rainforests to plains and grasslands. The animals are nocturnal and spend the day in burrows. Food also varies with some species eating seeds, roots and insects while others feed primarily on grasses. The pebble-mound mice are unique in creating mounds of stones around their burrows. Several species of ''Pseudomys'' are threatened due to competition with introduced species and habitat destruction. Several others are probably extinct. Etymology The name ''Pseudomys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Shortridgei
The heath mouse (''Pseudomys shortridgei'') is a species of mouse in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World rats and mice, found in Australia. Taxonomy A description of the species, based on material collected by Guy Shortridge at "Woyaline, east of Pinjelly", was published by Oldfield Thomas in 1907. Shortridge was a South African mammal specialist commissioned to perform fieldwork in Western Australia for the British Museum of Natural History, and was honoured for this by Thomas in the specific epithet of the new taxon. The species is referred to by the common names heath mouse or heath rat, and by the pre-existing name dayang, derived from the Noongar language. Common names also include blunt-faced rat, Shortridge's native mouse, ''fausse souris de Shortridge'' (French language, French), and ''ratón bastardo crestado'' (Spanish language, Spanish). Eastern and western population are not morphologically or phylogenetically distinguishable, although noted for ecological diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Australis
The plains rat ''(Pseudomys australis)'', also known as the palyoora, plains mouse and eastern mouse, is a conilurine rodent native to arid and semi-arid Australia. Referred to as the ''pallyoora'' or ''yarlie'' by Indigenous groups, the plains rat was once widely distributed across central Australia, including north-west New South Wales and south-west Queensland; however, habitat degradation due to grazing, introduced predators and drought have contributed to its decline. Consequently, the plains rat has been listed as 'presumed extinct' in New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ... and Victoria (Australia), Victoria, 'endangered' in the Northern Territory and Queensland and 'vulnerable' in Western Australia and South Australia. While recent research has ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Novaehollandiae
The New Holland mouse (''Pseudomys novaehollandiae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was first described by George Robert Waterhouse, George Waterhouse in 1843. It vanished from view for over a century before its rediscovery in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park north of Sydney, Australia, Sydney in 1967. It is found only in south east Australia, within the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and Tasmania. Description The New Holland mouse has a grey-brown fur with a dusky-brown tail, which is darker on the dorsal side. Its body length is roughly 65-90mm, with a tail length of , and a hind foot length of approximately . The New Holland mouse's size has been shown to vary slightly depending on the environment. Populations of New Holland mice that live in Tasmania, have a slightly larger body weight than those that are from New South Wales and Victoria. Despite this, however, the head shape and length share the measurements as in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Pilligaensis
''Pseudomys pilligaensis'', commonly known as the Pilliga mouse or poolkoo, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Its distribution comprises the Pilliga forest region of New South Wales, Australia, specimens have also been trapped in the Warrumbungle National Park and Weetalibah Nature Reserve. Its conservation status is currently listed as "Data Deficient" due to unresolved questions on its taxonomic status. Description ''P. pilligaensis'' is a small brown mouse with grey-brown upper parts, the head and back greyer, grading through russet flanks to white underparts. The feet are pale pink on top with white hairs. The head-body length is and the tail about the same length or slightly less. The tail is pale pink with a distinct brown line along the top and a small tuft of darker hairs on the end. The ear length is and the weight of the animal is . Taxonomy The Pilliga mouse was first formally described in 1980 by Barry Fox and David Briscoe. They distinguished it from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Gouldii
Gould's mouse (''Pseudomys gouldii''), also known as the Shark Bay mouse and djoongari in the Pintupi and Luritja languages, is a species of rodent in the murid family. Once ranging throughout Australia from Western Australia to New South Wales, its range has since been reduced to five islands off the coast of Western Australia. Taxonomy In 2021, a comprehensive genetic analysis of native Australian rodents found the djoongari or Shark Bay mouse (''P. fieldi''), which survives on several islands off the coast of Western Australia, to be conspecific with the Gould's mouse. This would make the Gould's mouse, formerly thought extinct, extant once again, albeit only surviving on several islands, a fraction of its former range. The study is based on earlier work by Emily Roycroft for a PhD thesis. It has been proposed that the ''P. gouldii'' be retained for the merged species as ''P. gouldii'' was described first, but the species' common name be changed to djoongari or Shark Bay m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Desertor
The desert mouse (''Pseudomys desertor''), also known as the brown desert mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Australia. The first desert mouse specimen was collected by Australian zoologist Gerard Krefft on the Blandowski Expedition in 1856-57, between Gol Gol Creek and the Darling River. Description The desert mouse has bright chestnut brown fur above, interspersed with long dark guard hairs which give it a spiny appearance. Its belly fur is a light grey-brown. The tail looks scaly and slightly bi-coloured, with length equal to or shorter than the animal's head-body length. A defining feature of the desert mouse is its pale orange eye-ring, which may be used to distinguish it from the Western chestnut mouse ''Pseudomys nanus'' where their habitat overlaps in the northern Tanami Desert. Typical measurements for the desert mouse are 70–105 mm for head-body length, and 67–103 mm for tail length. Weight is between 15-35 g. Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Hermannsburgensis
The sandy inland mouse (''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Also known as the Hermannsburg (Mission) false-mouse or Hermannsburg mouse, it is endemic to Australia and found widely yet sparsely through arid and semi-arid areas. Description The sandy inland mouse is greyish-brown to sandy-brown with off-white underside. Adults weigh approximately 9 to 15 grams, and measure 55–80 mm from nose to base of tail with a tail between 70 and 90 mm. Physically similar to the several other species including the house mouse it differs in lacking the notched incisors and distinctive musty odour of ''M. domesticus''. The sandy inland mouse can be distinguished from several species including ''P. chapmani'', ''P. delicatulus'' and ''Mus musculus'' by the pattern of the footpads. Furthermore it has smaller ears and hind feet than Bolam’s mouse, and the tail is shorter and less heavily furred allowing distinction between the two species. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Inland Mouse
The sandy inland mouse (''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Also known as the Hermannsburg (Mission) false-mouse or Hermannsburg mouse, it is endemic to Australia and found widely yet sparsely through arid and semi-arid areas. Description The sandy inland mouse is greyish-brown to sandy-brown with off-white underside. Adults weigh approximately 9 to 15 grams, and measure 55–80 mm from nose to base of tail with a tail between 70 and 90 mm. Physically similar to the several other species including the house mouse it differs in lacking the notched incisors and distinctive musty odour of ''M. domesticus''. The sandy inland mouse can be distinguished from several species including ''P. chapmani'', ''P. delicatulus'' and ''Mus musculus'' by the pattern of the footpads. Furthermore it has smaller ears and hind feet than Bolam’s mouse, and the tail is shorter and less heavily furred allowing distinction between the two species. Taxono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Chapmani
Western pebble-mound mouse or Ngadji, species ''Pseudomys chapmani'', is a burrowing and mound building rodent in the family Muridae. They occur in the Pilbara, a remote region in the northwest of Australia. Taxonomy The species was described by D.J. Kitchener in 1980.Pseudomys chapmani Kitchener, D.J. 1980A new species of ''Pseudomys'' (Rodentia: Muridae) from Western Australia ''Records of the Western Australian Museum'' 8:3 405-414 05 The population was formerly assumed to be species ''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis''. The description is based on a specimen that was collected at Mt Meharry (West Angelas Mine Site). The specific honours the biologist Andrew Chapman, who worked at the mammal department of the W.A. Museum. The common name according to the ''Census of Australian Vertebrates'' (ABRS 2001) is "Pebble-mound Mouse", a name given to sister taxon ''P. hermannsburgensis'' and so appended with 'Western' by the author of the species and others in later publications. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Albocinereus
The ash-grey mouse (''Pseudomys albocinereus'') is a rodent in the family Muridae. Larger and more robust than ''Mus musculus'', the common house mouse, it is found only in Southwest Australia. Taxonomy The first description was published by John Gould in 1845, naming the type location as Moore's River for a collection made at the interior of Western Australia. Gould placed the new species with the genus ''Mus'', giving his comparison of the features to the familiar house mouse of Europe. The phylogeny of the species is variably placed by the results of early analyses, although revision of alliances in the probably polyphyletic genus only demonstrates a close relationship to the silky mouse ''Pseudomys apodemoides''. Gould's entry in ''Mammals of Australia'' (1863) notes two names used by the local peoples, ''noo-jee'' at Perth and ''jup-pert'' at Moore's River. These two names were reported to Gould and others by John Gilbert, using records of interviews he conducted at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Occidentalis
The western mouse or walyadji refers to ''Pseudomys occidentalis'', a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Once widespread across a larger range, it has become restricted to around ten reserves of remnant bushland in Southwest Australia and declared near threatened by extinction. They are small and robust mice that live in burrows in sandy soil, venturing out at night to forage in nearby area. Taxonomy A murine species that was first described by George H. H. Tate in 1951, using specimens obtained in 1930. The holotype is a skin and skull of a young adult collected at Tambellup by J. Baldwin, with Tate referring to a second specimen with a damaged skull as slightly larger. Assigned to a diverse and poorly resolved genus, ''Pseudomys'', the describing author allied the species to a subgeneric classification as '' Gyomys''. The term walyadji is used to refer to the species, but this word does not appear in a literature review of Noongar language names for mammals of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomys Bolami
Bolam's mouse (''Pseudomys bolami'') is a species of nocturnal, burrowing rodent in the family Muridae that inhabits the semi arid and southern arid regions of Australia.Moseby, K. E., & Read, J. L. (1998). Population dynamics and movement patterns of Bolam's mouse, Pseudomys bolami, at Roxby Downs, South Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 20, 353-368. It has a number of physiological and behavioural adaptations developed to cope with an extremely varied climate. Including the ability survive by extracting water from seeds alone, the production of highly concentrated urine, low water content faeces and nocturnal activity.Murray, B. R., Dickman, C. R., Watts, C. H. S., & Morton, S. R. (1999). The dietary ecology of Australian rodents. Wildlife Research, 26(6), 857-858 Description Bolam's mouse is the size of a house mouse although slimmer in appearance with larger eyes, feet and ears with a longer tail. It is also quieter than a house mouse when handled and lacks a musty odour. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
