Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Pseudomys fieldi
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Pseudomys fieldi
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 fieldi
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 fieldi
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 fieldi
Pseudomys fieldi: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pseudomys fieldi: Comments
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix I as P. praeconis; U.S. ESA - Endangered as P. fieldi and P. praeconis; IUCN - Critically Endangered as P. fieldi, Vulnerable as P. praeconis
Comment:
Comments: Clustered with most other species of Pseudomys, judged by electrophoretic data (Baverstock et al., 1981, reported under praeconis). In the 1980s, fieldi was thought to be represented only by the holotype collected at Alice Springs in Northern Territory in 1895 and praeconis was known only from Bernier Isl. While listing fieldi as a species, Watts and Aslin (1981:171) wrote that 'It is difficult to determine whether or not this represents a distinct species or a rather aberrant specimen of s...