Pseudomys shortridgei

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Heath 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

Thomas, O. 1907-04-11. List of further collections of mammals from Western Australia, including a series from Bernier Island, obtained for Mr. W.E. Balston; with field-notes by the collector, Mr. G.C. Shortridge. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(4):763-777.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208514

Original name as described

Mus shortridgei

Other common names

Dayang · Heath Pseudomys · Heath Rat · Shortridge's Native Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.8.1.73

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55907aa3-e5a9-4b6f-9c68-253692dea54e

Type locality

"Woyerline [= Woyerling], east of Pinjelly [Western Australia, Australia], 970' [= 299 m]."

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. pellicauda, which is considered a synony of P. shortridgei 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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003298

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 shortridgei

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.8.1.73

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55907aa3-e5a9-4b6f-9c68-253692dea54e

Authority page

765

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208514

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pseudomys (Oimys) pellicauda

Hoser, 2020

Family

Muridae

Root name

pellicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

rejectedbyfiat

Type

NMV C24361

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

Pseudomys shortridgei

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18557/115143771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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