Species Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (Waite, 1896)
Sandy Inland Mouse
- Mus hermannsburgensis Waite, E.R. 1896. Muridae. 393-409 pls 25-26 in Spencer, B. (ed.). Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Pt 2.— Zoology. Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade. [405].
Type data:
Lectotype AM M1070A skin & skull, George Gill Range, NT. - Leggadina hermannsburgensis brazenori Troughton, E. le G. 1937. The status of 'Mus' novaehollandiae Waterhouse, and allied forms. Records of the Australian Museum 20: 185-190 [187] [the holotype was collected by the Blandowski Expedition to North-western Victoria in 1856–1857 and it could have come from NSW, VIC, or SA].
Type data:
Holotype NMV C984 skin & skull (the holotype is the specimen identified by Troughton, op. cit., p. 188 as the 'Lectotype' of L. h. brazenori), the region of the junction of the Murray and Darling River, NSW (as near the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, Victoria).Type locality references:
Wakefield, N.A. 1966. Mammals of the Blandowski Expedition to north-western Victoria, 1856–57. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 79: 371-391 (discusses the localities of the specimens collected by the Expedition).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [176]
Generic Combinations
- Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (Waite, 1896).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, granivore, gregarious, open scrub, sand plain desert, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Diet also includes invertebrates.
General References
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
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
Breed, W.G. 1990. Comparative studies on the timing of reproduction and foetal number in six species of Australian conilurine rodents (Muridae: Hydromyinae). Journal of Zoology, London 221: 1-10
Breed, W.G. 1995. Sandy Inland Mouse Pseudomys hermannsburgensis. pp. 604-605 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Breed, W.J. & Sarafis, V. 1979. On the phylogenetic significance of spermatozoal morphology and male reproductive tract anatomy in Australian rodents. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 103: 127-135
Briscoe, D.A., Fox, B.J. & Ingleby, S. 1981. Genetic differentiation between Pseudomys pilligaensis and related Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Mammalogy 4: 89-92
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. 1993. Identification of Pseudomys chapmani, P. hermannsburgensis, P. delicatulus and Mus musculus using footpad patterns. Western Australian Naturalist 19: 69-73
Dickman, C.R., Mahon, P.S., Masters, P. & Gibson, D.F. 1999. Long-term dynamics of rodent populations in arid Australia: the influence of rainfall. Wildlife Research 26: 389-403
Dickman, C.R., Predavec, M. & Downey, F.J. 1995. Long range movements of small mammals in arid Australia - implications for land management. Journal of Arid Environments 31: 441-452
Kotler, B.P., Dickman, C.R. & Brown, J.S. 1998. The effects of water on patch use by two Simpson Desert granivores (Corvus coronoides and Pseudomys hermannsburgensis). Australian Journal of Ecology 23: 574-578
Masters, P. 1993. The effects of fire-driven succession and rainfall on small mammals in spinifex grassland at Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. Wildlife Research 20: 803-813
Morrissey, B.L. & Breed, W.G. 1982. Variation in external morphology of the glans penis of Australian native rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 495-502
Murray, B.R., Dickman, C.R., Watts, C.H.S. & Morton, S.R. 1999. The dietary ecology of Australian desert rodents. Wildlife Research 26: 421-437
Murray, B.R., Hume, I.D. & Dickman, C.R. 1995. Digestive tract characteristics of the spinifex hopping-mouse, Notomys alexis and the sandy inland mouse, Pseudomys hermannsburgensis in relation to diet. Australian Mammalogy 18: 93-98
Murray, B.R. & Dickman, C.R. 1994. Granivory and microhabitat use in Australian desert rodents - are seeds important. Oecologia (Berlin) 99: 216-225
Murray, B.R. & Dickman, C.R. 1997. Factors affecting selection of native seeds in two species of Australian desert rodents. Journal of Arid Environments 35: 517-525
Predavec, M. 1994. Population dynamics and environmental changes during natural irruptions of Australian desert rodents. Wildlife Research 21: 569-582
Predavec, M. 1997. Variable energy demands in Pseudomys hermannsburgensis - possible ecological consequences. Australian Journal of Zoology 41(1): 85-94
Roycroft, E., Ford, F., Ramm, T., Schembri, R., Breed, W.G., Burns, P.A., Rowe, K.C & Moritz, C. 2024. Speciation across biomes: Rapid diversification with reproductive isolation in the Australian delicate mice. Molecular Ecology 33(e17301): 1-17
Southgate, R. & Masters, P. 1996. Fluctuations of rodent populations in response to rainfall and fire in a central Australian hummock grassland dominated by Plectrachne schinzii. Wildlife Research 23: 289-303
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. & Morton, S.R. 1983. Notes on the diets of Mus musculus and Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in western Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 6: 81-82
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Sandy Inland Mouse)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 23-Aug-2024 | MURIDAE | 23-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Feb-2023 | 10-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 10-Dec-2010 | 09-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |