Species Pseudomys bolami Troughton, 1932

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudomys hermannsburgensis bolami Troughton, E. le G. 1932. On five new rats of the genus Pseudomys. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 287-294 [292].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M4938 ♀ skin & skull, Ooldea, SA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudomys bolami (Troughton, 1932). —
  Kitchener, D.J., Adams, M. & Baverstock, P. 1984. Redescription of Pseudomys bolami Troughton, 1932 (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 149-159 [153]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Omnivore, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Presumably similar to Pseudomys hermannburgensis diet is varied, includes insects.

 

General References

Ellerman, J.R. 1941. The Families and Genera of Living Rodents. With a list of named forms (1758–1936) by R.W. Hayman and G.W.C. Holt. London : British Museum Vol. 2 pp.i-xii, 1-690. [256]

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 [78]

Kitchener, D.J., Adams, M. & Baverstock, P. 1984. Redescription of Pseudomys bolami Troughton, 1932 (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 149-159

Moseby, K.E. & Read, J.L. 1998. Population dynamics and movement patterns of Bolam's mouse, Pseudomys bolami, at Roxbury Downs, South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 20: 353-368

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

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 [253]

Watts, C.H.S. 1995. Bolam's Mouse Pseudomys bolami. pp. 588-589 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Bolam's Mouse)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Aug-2024	MURIDAE	23-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
04-Feb-2023		10-Dec-2010	MOVED
10-Dec-2010		08-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)