Species Pseudomys auritus Thomas, 1910

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudomys auritus Thomas, O. 1910. New Australian Muridae of the genus Pseudomys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 607-610 [607].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 53.10.22.6 skin & skull, Lake Albert, SA.

 

Introduction

Long considered a synonym of Pseudomys australis, but more recently recognised as a valid species (see Van Dyck & Strahan 2008: 615).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic: Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Wakefield, N.A. 1964. Recent mammalian subfossils of the Basalt Plains of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 77: 419-425

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

van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.