The central pebble-mound mouse (''Pseudomys johnsoni'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Muridae, native to
Australia. The Kimberley mouse (''Pseudomys laborifex'') was, until recently, considered distinct from ''P. johnsoni'', but they are now known to be conspecific.
[Van Dyck, S & Strahan, R 2008, ''The Mammals of Australia'', 3rd edn, Reed New Holland, Sydney.] It is one of the
pebble-mound mice.
References
* Baillie, J. 1996.
Pseudomys johnsoni 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Pseudomys
Mammals of the Northern Territory
Rodents of Australia
Mammals described in 1985
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