Pseudomys albocinereus
(J. Gould, 1845)
Ash-gray Mouse
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Muridae |
Subfamily | : Murinae |
Tribe | : Hydromyini |
Genus | : Pseudomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Gould, J. 1845-10. Mr. Gould exhibited to the Meeting five new species of Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845:77-79.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862574Original name as described
Mus albocinereus
Other common names
Ash-gray Pseudomys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1844.7.9.16
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/092d93b0-775d-4254-a4b8-8905a218e2cbType locality
scrubby plain near Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
R. T. Hoser included Notomys and Mastacomys under Pseudomys as well as recognized (Ascopharynx, Thetomys, Gyomys) and named (Eekmys, Farkmys, Ohmys, Oimys, Ouchmys) a number of subgenera within; this arrangement is not followed here pending further investigation
Taxonomy notes citation
Hoser, R. T. (2020). An overdue break up of the rodent genus Pseudomys into subgenera as well as the formal naming of four new species. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 49: 30-41.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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