Pseudomys desertor

Troughton, 1932

Desert 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

Troughton, E.L.G. 1932-04-20. On five new rats of the genus Pseudomys. Records of the Australian Museum 18(6):287-294.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.731

Original name as described

Pseudomys (Gyomys) desertor

Other common names

Desert Pseudomys

Type material

AM M.1306

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Central 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003284

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 (Gyomys) desertor

Troughton, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

desertor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.1306

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18562/115144300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus subrufus

(Krefft, 1862)

Family

Muridae

Root name

subrufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.53, AM PA.58

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

2, col. 5

Authority publication

Sydney Morning Herald

Name usages

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

Mus subrufus Murrayensis

(Krefft, 1862)

Family

Muridae

Root name

murrayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

2, col. 5

Authority publication

Sydney Morning Herald

Name usages

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

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