Taxonomy Profile: Pseudomys (Gray 1832)

Pseudomys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Gyomys
Thomas 1910
Paraleporillus
Martinez and Lidicker 1971
Thetomys
Thomas 1910
Common Name(s):
Australian Mice []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Pseudomys: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Pseudomys
Australian Mice |
Pseudomys Direct Children(s):
Pseudomys apodemoides
(Finlayson 1932)
Pseudomys australis
(Gray 1832)
Pseudomys bolami
(Troughton 1932)
Pseudomys chapmani
(Kitchener 1980)
Pseudomys delicatulus
(Gould 1842)
Pseudomys desertor
(Troughton 1932)
Pseudomys fieldi
(Waite 1896)
Pseudomys fumeus
(Brazenor 1934)
Pseudomys glaucus
(Thomas 1910)
Pseudomys gouldii
(Waterhouse 1839)
Pseudomys higginsi
(Trouessart 1897)
Pseudomys johnsoni
(Kitchener 1985)
Pseudomys laborifex
(Kitchener and Humphreys 1986)
Pseudomys nanus
(Gould 1858)
Pseudomys novaehollandiae
(Waterhouse 1843)
Pseudomys oralis
(Thomas 1921)
Pseudomys patrius
(Thomas and Dollman 1909)
Pseudomys pilligaensis
(Fox and Briscoe 1980)
Pseudomys shortridgei
(Thomas 1907)
Pseudomys calabyi
(Kitchener and Humphreys 1987)
Pseudomys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Pseudomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Pseudomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Pseudomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Pseudomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Watts, Christopher H. S., and H. J. Aslin
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-01-01 / 1981-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of Australia
Page(s):
ix + 321
Publisher:
Angus & Robertson Publishers
Publication Place:
Australia
ISBN/ISSN:
0-207-14235-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Pseudomys
Pseudomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pseudomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Pseudomys Division. Member of the Australian Old Endemics (Musser, 1981c), part of which is the Conilurini where Lee et al. (1981) and Baverstock (1984) placed Pseudomys. The genus is now regarded by some as part of an expanded Hydromyini (which includes Australian and New Guinea genera in our Hydromys, Uromys, and Xeromys Divisions), an 'Australasian clade' defined by similarities in albumin immunology and spermatozoal structure (Watts and Baverstock, 1994a, 1995b, 1996). Taxonomic, distri...