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 na ...

in the family

Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...

, native to

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. 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 {{Pseudomys-stub