Pseudomys novaehollandiae

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1843)

New Holland 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1843-02. Mr. Waterhouse exhibited and described two new species of Mouse, one collected in the Philippine Islands by H. Cuming, Esq., and the other forming part of Mr. Gould's Australian collection,. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842:145-146.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679908

Original name as described

Mus Novæ-Hollandiæ

Other common names

New Holland Pseudomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.2.24.1, BMNH:Mamm:1843.2.24.2

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8b664780-83b2-4479-8e0e-74966c0b11de

Type locality

Yarrundi, upper Hunter River, New South Wales, 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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003294

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 Novæ-Hollandiæ

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

novaehollandiae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.2.24.1, BMNH:Mamm:1843.2.24.2

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8b664780-83b2-4479-8e0e-74966c0b11de

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679908

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pseudomys (Gyomys) novaehollandiae

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

novaehollandiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

244

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:244) (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. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18552/22398752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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