Genus Pseudomys Gray, 1832

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• Pseudomys Gray, J.E. 1832. Characters of a new genus of Mammalia, and of a new genus and two new species of lizards, from New Holland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39-40 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [436]] [39].

  Type species:

   Pseudomys australis Gray, 1832 by monotypy.
• Thetomys Thomas, O. 1910. The generic arrangement of the Australian murines hitherto referred to 'Mus.'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 603-607 [606].

  Type species:

   Mus nanus Gould, 1858 (=Pseudomys (Thetomys) nanus (Gould, 1858)) by original designation.
• Gyomys Thomas, O. 1910. The generic arrangement of the Australian murines hitherto referred to 'Mus.'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 603-607 [607] [originally made available as a subgenus of Pseudomys Gray, 1832].

  Type species:

   Mus novaehollandiae Waterhouse, 1843 (=Pseudomys (Gyomys) novaehollandiae (Waterhouse, 1843)) by original designation.

 

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]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Riverina (RIV) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI) ; NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Tas: King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
• Papua New Guinea

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023		10-Dec-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)