Pseudomys fumeus

Brazenor, 1934

Australian Smoky 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

Brazenor, C.W. 1934-09. A new species of mouse, Pseudomys (Gyomys), and a record of the broad-toothed rat, Mastacomys, from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne 8:158-161.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52139058

Original name as described

Pseudomys (Gyomys) fumeus

Other common names

Smoky Mouse · Smoky Pseudomys

Type material

NMV C197

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Turton's Pass, Otway Forest, Victoria, 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; he also described the species P. griseorursus and P. pesrosea, which are considered synonyms of P. fumeus here

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003286

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 (Ohmys) griseorursus

Hoser, 2020

Family

Muridae

Root name

griseorursus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

rejectedbyfiat

Type

AM M.13231

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

Pseudomys (Gyomys) fumeus

Brazenor, 1934

Family

Muridae

Root name

fumeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C197

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52139058

Authority publication

Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:545, 546) (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 #18550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18550/22398566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pseudomys (Ohmys) pesrosea

Hoser, 2020

Family

Muridae

Root name

pesrosea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

rejectedbyfiat

Type

NMV C26821

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

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