Pseudomys australis

J. E. Gray, 1832

Plains 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1832. Characters of a new genus of Mammalia, and of a new genus and two new species of lizards, from New Holland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1832:39-40.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213942

Original name as described

Pseudomys Australis

Other common names

Plains Pseudomys · Plains Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:232a

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

south-west side of Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. auritus; 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

Medlin, G. 2008. Long-eared Pseydomys auritus. In: Van Dyck, S., Strahan R. (eds) The Mammals of Australia. 3rd Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. pp 615-616. · 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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003279

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pseudomys (Pseudomys) minnie

Troughton, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

minnie

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.5192

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

287

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pseudomys minnie flavescens

Troughton, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.6004

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48177104

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hapalotis murinus

(J. Gould, 1845)

Family

Muridae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1853.10.22.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1010e60c-0720-4497-9417-15511ee8c37c

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862574

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus lineolatus

(J. Gould, 1845)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lineolatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.11.24.4

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5bd64e7-e06e-4022-a04b-762351ea281c

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862573

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pseudomys Australis

J. E. Gray, 1832

Family

Muridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:232a

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213942

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Tate (1951:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/75927871/115493152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paraleporillus stirtoni

(Martínez R. & Lidicker, 1971)

Family

Muridae

Root name

stirtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMP 86341

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

778

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pseudomys australis australis

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Pseudomys australis flavescens

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Pseudomys lineolatus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

lineolatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Pseudomys australis minnie

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

minnie

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

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