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Pseudomys (Australian mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Pseudomys was named by Gray (1832). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rodentia by Gray (1832).

Species
P. vandycki
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. gouldii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Pseudomys Gray p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
genusPseudomys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pseudomys Gray 1832 [Australian mouse]
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†Pseudomys vandycki Godthelp 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Pseudomys vandycki (13318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Pseudomys vandycki (182916)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) Pseudomys sp. (182150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia ( New South Wales) Pseudomys higginsi (182621)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Western Australia) Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys praeconis (181322)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Pseudomys rawlinnae (182925) Pseudomys rawlinnae, Pseudomys occidentalis (182924)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis (136076) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys fumeus, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys sp. (136430) Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys sp. (136073) Pseudomys sp. (28298)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Pseudomys sp. (136221)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Pseudomys sp. (183080)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys auritus, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys fumeus, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys movaehollandiae, Pseudomys shortridgei (182920) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys auritus, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys fumeus, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys novaehollandiae, Pseudomys shortridgei (183262) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys auritus, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys fumeus, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei (183263) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys sp. (136075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys basalticus, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys fumeus (182957) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys sp. (136072) Pseudomys occidentalis, Pseudomys australis (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Pseudomys oralis (182447) Pseudomys oralis, Pseudomys gracilicaudatus, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys novaehollandiae, Pseudomys fumeus (181897)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys fumeus, Pseudomys gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys auritus (136172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Pseudomys nanus (191983) Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys occidentalis (183094)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pseudomys delicatulus, Pseudomys gracilicaudatus (21688)