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Species Pseudomys albocinereus (Gould, 1845)

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Species Pseudomys albocinereus (Gould, 1845)

Ash-grey Mouse

Introduction

Mahoney (1988: 171) listed synonyms rather than subspecies.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
  • Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Burrowing, coastal, herbivore, open heath, open scrub, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Predominantly herbivorous but diet may include arthropods.

 

General References

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S. & Hogarth, J.T. 1977. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents I. The Pseudomyinae, the Hydromyinae and the Uromys/Melomys Group. Chromosoma (Berlin) 61: 95-125

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Cole, S.R. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 289-303

Calver, M.C., King, D.R., Gardner, J.L. & Martin, G.R. 1991. Total food consumption of some native Australian small mammals in the laboratory. Australian Mammalogy 14: 139-141

Cooper, N.K. 1994. Identification of Pseudomys albocinereus, P. occidentalis, P. shortridgei, Rattus rattus and R. fuscipes using footpad patterns. Western Australian Naturalist 19: 279-283

Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [79-80]

Morris, K.D. 1995. Ash-grey Mouse Pseudomys albocinereus. pp. 583-584 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Morris, K.D. 2000. The status and conservation of native rodents in Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 27: 405-419

Morris, K.D. & Bradshaw, S.D. 1981. Water and sodium turnover in coastal and inland populations of the Ash-grey Mouse, Pseudomys albocinereus Gould, in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 519-532

Ride, W.D.L. & Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H. 1959. Mammals. In, Fraser, A.J. (ed.). The Results of an Expedition to Bernier and Dorre Islands, Shark Bay, Western Australia in July 1959. Perth : Fauna Bulletin No, 2. Western Australian Fisheries Department

Watts, C.H.S. 1982. Australian hydromyine rodents: maintenance of captive colonies. pp. 180-184 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Ash-grey Mouse)