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Species Pseudomys patrius (Thomas & Dollman, 1909)

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Species Pseudomys patrius (Thomas & Dollman, 1909)

Eastern Pebble-mound Mouse, North-eastern Mouse

  • Mus patrius Thomas, O. & Dollman, G. 1909. On mammals from Inkerman, north Queensland, presented to the National Museum by Sir William Ingram, Bt., and the Hon. John Forrest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 788-794 pl. 42 [Date published Apr. 1909: publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [76]] [791].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 7.8.9.44 ♀ skin & skull, Mt Inkerman, QLD, see BMNH Register.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrowing, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Ford, F. 2003. Conilurine rodent evolution: the role of ecology in modifying evolutionary consequences of environmental change. Ph.D. thesis. Townsville : James Cook University

Tate, G.H.H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65 The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 183-430

van Dyck, S. 1991. A little secret from the Masons. Wildlife Australia 28(4): 18-19

van Dyck, S. 1997. Queensland pebble-mound mice…up from the tailings. Nature Australia 25(10): 40-47

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (North-eastern Mouse)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [113] (Eastern Pebble-mound Mouse)