Pseudomys johnsoni
D. J. Kitchener, 1985
Central Pebble 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
Kitchener, D.J. 1985-07-30. Description of a new species of Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Northern Territory. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(2):207-221.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128772Original name as described
Pseudomys johnsoni
Other common names
Central Pebble-mound Mouse · Central Pebble-mound Pseudomys · Kimberley Mouse
Type material
MAGNT U.3486
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Kurinelli Mine, Kurundi Station, Northern Territory, Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
includes laborifex; 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 subspecues luxauris and occultatum under P. johnsoni, which are considered synonyms here
Taxonomy notes citation
Ford, F., & Johnson, C. (2007). Eroding abodes and vanished bridges: Historical biogeography of the substrate specialist pebble‐mound mice (Pseudomys). Journal of Biogeography, 34(3), 514-523. · 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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