Species Pseudomys johnsoni Kitchener, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudomys johnsoni Kitchener, D.J. 1985. Description of a new species of Pseudomys (Rodentia : Muridae) from Northern Territory. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12: 207-221 [208].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM 854 ♂ adult in alcohol, skull separate, Kurrinelli Mine, Kurundi Station, central NT [20°37'S 134°51'E].
• Pseudomys laborifex Kitchener, D.J. & Humphreys, W.F. 1986. Description of a new species of Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12: 419-434 [420].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM M21961 adult ♀ (in spirit) skull removed, adjacent to Camp Creek, Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley Region, WA, 14º49´S, 125º50´25˜E, ca. 270 m.
  Paratype(s) WAM (18) ♂ & ♀.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Breed, W. & Ford, F. 2007. Native Mice and Rats. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 200 pp.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Kimberley (CK), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Complex burrow system, stones excavated from burrows and dumped in rubble heap.

General References

Kerle, J.A. 1995. Central Pebble-mound Mouse Pseudomys johnsoni. pp. 607-608 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Kitchener, D.J. & Humphreys, W.F. 1986. Description of a new species of Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12: 419-434

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Central Pebble-mound Mouse)

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