Species Pseudomys calabyi Kitchener & Humphreys, 1987

Museums

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• Pseudomys laborifex calabyi Kitchener, D.J. & Humphreys, W.F. 1987. Description of a new subspecies of Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Northern Territory. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 285-295 [286].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM7895 ♂ adult, skin and skull, 3 km SE Uranium Development Project (UDP) Falls, Alt 100 m, NT [13°27'S 132°26'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Pine Creek (PCK)

Ecological Descriptors

Granivore.

General References

Lee, A.K. 1995. The Action Plan for Australian Rodents. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 62 pp.

Woinarski, J.C.Z. 1992. Habitat relationships for two poorly known mammal species Pseudomys calabyi and Sminthopsis sp. From the wet-try tropics of the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 15: 47-54

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Braithwaite, R.W. & Maguire, M. 1995. Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse Pseudomys calabyi. pp. 589-590 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. (Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse)

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