Pseudomys occidentalis

Tate, 1951

Western 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

Tate, G.H.H. 1951-10-30. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97:183-430.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1060

Original name as described

Pseudomys (Gyomys) occidentalis

Other common names

Walyadji · Western Pseudomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:34725

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9f61922c-380d-43d3-b4bd-1edc57fd53b3

Type locality

Tambellup, Western 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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003295

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) occidentalis

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:34725

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9f61922c-380d-43d3-b4bd-1edc57fd53b3

Authority page

246

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:246) (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 (1993:648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Jackson & Groves (2015:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  8. Jackson & Groves (2015:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18553/22398121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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