Pseudomys higginsi

(Trouessart, 1897)

Long-tailed 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

Trouessart, É.L. 1897. Fasciculus 3. Pp. 453–664 in Trouessart, É.L. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Tomus I. R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin, 664 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435017

Original name as described

Mus (Epimys) Higginsi

Other common names

Long-tailed Pseudomys

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Kentishbury, Tasmania, 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/1003291

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.

Mus leucopus

(Higgins & Petterd, 1883)

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25233487

Authority publication

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

Name usages

  1. Higgins & Petterd (1883:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25233487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67506)
  2. Ogilby (1892:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Jackson & Groves (2015:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Mus (Epimys) Higginsi

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

higginsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

473

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435017

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pseudomys higginsi

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

higginsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

243

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Jackson & Groves (2015:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18567/22399402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pseudomys higginsi australiensis

Wakefield, 1972

Family

Muridae

Root name

australiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV P20903

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053669

Authority publication

Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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