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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
{{Automatic taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Pliocene]] - Recent
| fossil_range = [[Late Miocene]] - Recent
| image = Nat mouse - Christopher Watson.jpg
| image = Nat mouse - Christopher Watson.jpg
| image_caption = [[Sandy inland mouse]] (''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis'')
| image_caption = [[Sandy inland mouse]] (''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis'')
| taxon = Pseudomys
| taxon = Pseudomys
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1832
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1832
| type_species = ''[[Pseudomys australis]]''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision = ''[[Pseudomys albocinereus]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys albocinereus]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys apodemoides]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys apodemoides]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys australis]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys australis]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys bolami]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys bolami]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys calabyi]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys calabyi]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys chapmani]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys chapmani]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys delicatulus]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys delicatulus]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys desertor]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys desertor]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys fumeus]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys fieldi]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys glaucus]]'' †<br />
''[[Pseudomys fumeus]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys gouldii]]'' <br />
''[[Pseudomys glaucus]]'' †<br>
''[[Pseudomys gracilicaudatus]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys gouldii]]'' †<br>
''[[Pseudomys hermannsburgensis]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys gracilicaudatus]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys higginsi]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys hermannsburgensis]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys johnsoni]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys higginsi]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys laborifex]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys johnsoni]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys nanus]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys laborifex]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys novaehollandiae]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys nanus]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys occidentalis]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys novaehollandiae]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys oralis]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys occidentalis]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys patrius]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys oralis]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys pilligaensis]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys patrius]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys shortridgei]]''<br />
''[[Pseudomys pilligaensis]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys shortridgei]]''<br>
''[[Pseudomys vandycki]]'' †
''[[Pseudomys vandycki]]'' †
}}
}}


'''''Pseudomys''''' is a [[rodent]] that contains a wide variety of [[mouse|mice]] native to [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]. They are among the few [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[placental]] [[mammal]]s that colonised Australia without [[human]] intervention.
'''''Pseudomys''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]] that contains a wide variety of [[mouse|mice]] native to [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]. They are among the few [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[placental]] [[mammal]]s that colonised Australia without [[human]] intervention.


==Natural history==
==Natural history==
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name ''Pseudomys'' means "false mouse"<ref name="Long2002">{{cite book |last1=Long |first1=J.A. |last2=Archer |first2=M. |title=Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution |date=2002 |publisher=UNSW Press |isbn=9780868404356 |page=198 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwMkO0M1mPQC&lpg=PA198 |language=en}}</ref> presumably in reference to both its similarity and uniqueness from "true mice" in the genus ''[[Mus (genus)|Mus]]''.
The name ''Pseudomys'' means "false mouse"<ref name="Long2002">{{cite book |last1=Long |first1=J.A. |last2=Archer |first2=M. |title=Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution |date=2002 |publisher=UNSW Press |isbn=9780868404356 |page=198 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwMkO0M1mPQC&pg=PA198 |language=en}}</ref> presumably in reference to both its similarity and uniqueness from "true mice" in the genus ''[[Mus (genus)|Mus]]''.


==Species==
==Species==
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*[[Little native mouse]], ''Pseudomys delicatulus''
*[[Little native mouse]], ''Pseudomys delicatulus''
*[[Desert mouse]], ''Pseudomys desertor''
*[[Desert mouse]], ''Pseudomys desertor''
*[[Shark Bay mouse]], ''Pseudomys fieldi''
*[[Smoky mouse]], ''Pseudomys fumeus''
*[[Smoky mouse]], ''Pseudomys fumeus''
*[[Blue-gray mouse]], ''Pseudomys glaucus'' †
*[[Blue-gray mouse]], ''Pseudomys glaucus'' †
*[[Gould's mouse]], ''Pseudomys gouldii''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Roycroft|first1=Emily|last2=MacDonald|first2=Anna J.|last3=Moritz|first3=Craig|last4=Moussalli|first4=Adnan|last5=Miguez|first5=Roberto Portela|last6=Rowe|first6=Kevin C.|date=2021-07-06|title=Museum genomics reveals the rapid decline and extinction of Australian rodents since European settlement|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=118|issue=27|pages=e2021390118|doi=10.1073/pnas.2021390118|doi-access=free |pmid=34183409|pmc=8271571|issn=0027-8424}}</ref>
*[[Gould's mouse]], ''Pseudomys gouldii'' †
**The [[Shark Bay mouse]] was previously described as a separate species ''Pseudomys fieldi'', but is now considered conspecific with ''P. gouldii''
*[[Eastern chestnut mouse]], ''Pseudomys gracilicaudatus''
*[[Eastern chestnut mouse]], ''Pseudomys gracilicaudatus''
*[[Sandy inland mouse]], ''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis''
*[[Sandy inland mouse]], ''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis''
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{{Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)}}
{{Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)}}
{{Myomorpha|E.|state=collapsed}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q662475}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q662475}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Pseudomys| ]]
[[Category:Pseudomys| ]]

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Pseudomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Sandy inland mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Pseudomys
Gray, 1832
Type species
Pseudomys australis
Species

Pseudomys albocinereus
Pseudomys apodemoides
Pseudomys australis
Pseudomys bolami
Pseudomys calabyi
Pseudomys chapmani
Pseudomys delicatulus
Pseudomys desertor
Pseudomys fumeus
Pseudomys glaucus †
Pseudomys gouldii
Pseudomys gracilicaudatus
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
Pseudomys higginsi
Pseudomys johnsoni
Pseudomys laborifex
Pseudomys nanus
Pseudomys novaehollandiae
Pseudomys occidentalis
Pseudomys oralis
Pseudomys patrius
Pseudomys pilligaensis
Pseudomys shortridgei
Pseudomys vandycki †

Pseudomys is a genus of rodent that contains a wide variety of mice native to Australia and New Guinea. They are among the few terrestrial placental mammals that colonised Australia without human intervention.

Natural history

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This genus contains a number of species with different habits making generalisation difficult. The overall body size varies widely, ranging from 60 to 160 mm. The tail is 60–180 mm and the weight is recorded from 12 to 90 g. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats from rainforests to plains and grasslands. The animals are nocturnal and spend the day in burrows. Food also varies with some species eating seeds, roots and insects while others feed primarily on grasses. The pebble-mound mice are unique in creating mounds of stones around their burrows. Several species of Pseudomys are threatened due to competition with introduced species and habitat destruction. Several others are probably extinct.

Etymology

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The name Pseudomys means "false mouse"[1] presumably in reference to both its similarity and uniqueness from "true mice" in the genus Mus.

Species

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Genus Pseudomys - Australian native mice

References

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  1. ^ Long, J.A.; Archer, M. (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780868404356.
  2. ^ Roycroft, Emily; MacDonald, Anna J.; Moritz, Craig; Moussalli, Adnan; Miguez, Roberto Portela; Rowe, Kevin C. (2021-07-06). "Museum genomics reveals the rapid decline and extinction of Australian rodents since European settlement". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (27): e2021390118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2021390118. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 8271571. PMID 34183409.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.
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