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<emphasis id="B6B0989A0069A677B30192B780B10DE4" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
Gray 1832
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<emphasis id="E3AB4BB78A7A4DC24C052DE10B67814F" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2957A175BCBF123BAF3ECCA029CA3E5C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1453">Type Species:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="05E9CD9597E5CFB48F9B6BC687540CD3" authority="Gray 1832" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="83113731D6DB2A830204A76FC46E0CF2" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys australis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DBF223B6E50A84B7BE9ABF0326ADD39C" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Gyomys</emphasis>
Thomas 1910
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;
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<emphasis id="F2C105666EAE57A63E659055F7BEF848" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Paraleporillus</emphasis>
Martinez and Lidicker 1971
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<emphasis id="46098EEADF563EC8735399798A6BC144" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Thetomys</emphasis>
Thomas 1910
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<emphasis id="82737332CC23E520718ABFAF3C8DCC53" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1453">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
24 species:
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Species
<taxonomicName id="97556C52C92531FFF05C42B402655E9F" authority="Gould 1845" authorityName="Gould" authorityYear="1845" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albocinereus">
<emphasis id="1FDE698E5D83B765090EFAAEA910D97D" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys albocinereus</emphasis>
Gould 1845
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Species
<taxonomicName id="D2E97440D17EE83494CFB26249198925" authority="Finlayson 1932" authorityName="Finlayson" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="apodemoides">
<emphasis id="2E493B47891DE9E3D16DD388A81EA8E8" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys apodemoides</emphasis>
Finlayson 1932
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Species
<taxonomicName id="A6C3DE385EFC7D6821BC21883BE461C4" authority="Gray 1832" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="856B99208097A38634299B56376DB888" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys australis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8F25F85830D1C5D515EF7470F598012A" author="Gray, J. E." refId="ref128222" refString="Gray, J. E. 1832. On the family of Viverridae and its generic sub-divisions, with an enumeration of the species of several new ones. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London, 1832 (2): 63 - 68." year="1832">Gray 1832</bibRefCitation>
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Species
<taxonomicName id="80D20BF31BD6AD9819BDF267B02D3CE2" authority="Troughton 1932" authorityName="Troughton" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bolami">
<emphasis id="993635D34B96959015900791F958C65C" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys bolami</emphasis>
Troughton 1932
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Species
<taxonomicName id="D27B5508F1B8B90EC8C1E02F02E7E49A" authority="Kitchener and Humphreys 1987" authorityName="Kitchener and Humphreys" authorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="calabyi">
<emphasis id="731FAE36D0B88AE0A77F0B5A81549F8B" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys calabyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="28762BE05B68834C6A81E91C6AE7F71E" author="Kitchener, D. J. &amp; W. F. Humphreys" refId="ref186864" refString="Kitchener, D. J., and W. F. Humphreys. 1987. Description of a new subspecies of Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Northern Territory. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 13: 285 - 295." year="1987">Kitchener and Humphreys 1987</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="3B04C9BC638A97CF45B419164EBE739F" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="EF02E27C132C1DE3A01D6C0272E8A8DE" authority="Kitchener 1980" authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapmani">
<emphasis id="81EAD45BF3B037C9AE44C9E2814E5734" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys chapmani</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="18D2F29FBDE6E20A968E49D9C328628D" author="Kitchener, D. J." refId="ref186476" refString="Kitchener, D. J. 1980. A new species of Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 8: 405 - 414." year="1980">Kitchener 1980</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="137C812081095136231A80BE7EBC93D5" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="6DDD0C1725711C17D3EE9413126763CA" authority="Gould 1842" authorityName="Gould" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="delicatulus">
<emphasis id="51F46E36690FA0B7A4076D5B49D1A125" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys delicatulus</emphasis>
Gould 1842
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="086B8006712039411AA52B736093965F" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="60BFDFE57BD73BC774B059D5F0E9674B" authority="Troughton 1932" authorityName="Troughton" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="desertor">
<emphasis id="F85B6B8FF262B31F2350951E050465C5" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys desertor</emphasis>
Troughton 1932
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="6CD73AE91B345F3ED7BB310B619BC0D9" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="15665F8C9800C235EC46739145261262" authority="Waite 1896" authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fieldi">
<emphasis id="0B69025EDF9F2979D5A7ECFDA2D9B5D4" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys fieldi</emphasis>
Waite 1896
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="008202BFC94D30FD8351DA696B8C6985" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="4B930A616CB41F97B9D904E70CA27DB3" authority="Brazenor 1934" authorityName="Brazenor" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fumeus">
<emphasis id="6B2C03D5F51B8842CF5B56E293020DE2" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys fumeus</emphasis>
Brazenor 1934
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="55879E7ADD132CCA95368A92B2AC0507" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="BFAC7E66331DE4F3844F6104CCF4482B" authority="Thomas 1910" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="glaucus">
<emphasis id="DD1F179D2F71EF44C5EEDF3A27835A97" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys glaucus</emphasis>
Thomas 1910
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<paragraph id="7692371961215C8E03940A787E0B0E77" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="AAD755A4FC97BE791F3EA8A1E1120DD9" authority="Waterhouse 1839" authorityName="Waterhouse" authorityYear="1839" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gouldii">
<emphasis id="963F5E2F51299FA0EAB57BC3D0F2682F" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys gouldii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="99B84B5630A5CB934ABD47643D6A7268" author="Waterhouse, G. R." refId="ref383234" refString="Waterhouse, G. R. 1839. Observations on the Rodentia with a view to point out groups as indicated by the structure of the crania in this order of mammals. Magazine of Natural History, ser. 2, 3: 90 - 96." year="1839">Waterhouse 1839</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="CBC622E8E30ECC66E91D3EF1E7A321F5" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="61B6E8758D6B4415EA978D0103117C5B" authority="Gould 1845" authorityName="Gould" authorityYear="1845" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilicaudatus">
<emphasis id="3F154637AFF6745E67AB53C953C558C1" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys gracilicaudatus</emphasis>
Gould 1845
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="74918FA794FFF4223677B788086E7B0F" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="8AFD48C177272F380973A08D911F4972" authority="Waite 1896" authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hermannsburgensis">
<emphasis id="C563246A59E1207B888307E09C386634" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys hermannsburgensis</emphasis>
Waite 1896
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DCF1F6C15F9B086B57D6E41112D799A5" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="7F869D47DB60AA1048BD64CB62C28997" authority="Trouessart 1897" authorityName="Trouessart" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="higginsi">
<emphasis id="6F96584964B7D2AF7E721EA2F4AE9601" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys higginsi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5CB0AC3DFFE617D2585B218F5BB1EBFC" author="Trouessart, E. L." refId="ref359633" refString="Trouessart, E. L. 1897 - 1905. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Quinquennale supplementum anno 1904. [Tomus 1 - 1897; Tomus 2 - 1898; Quinquennale supplementum, fascic. 1 &amp; 2 - 1904; fascic. 3 &amp; 4 -- 1905]. R. Friedlander and Sohn, Berlin, 1 &amp; 2: 1469 pp.; Quin supp: 929 pp." year="1897">Trouessart 1897</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="3CF5A9C54FA65D9BE3F416348401191E" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="45A8FF67BA19F9A332A2B4BDE19205B3" authority="Kitchener 1985" authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1985" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johnsoni">
<emphasis id="1E2F7BAC0C8FE4796952630E18961E1A" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys johnsoni</emphasis>
Kitchener 1985
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<paragraph id="F181A0C4A4C2736A6DB2C359D2DBC70C" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="41EF21093115B993B7FF41F87EF93849" authority="Kitchener and Humphreys 1986" authorityName="Kitchener and Humphreys" authorityYear="1986" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laborifex">
<emphasis id="77B8461C3043771CE4FCA089EC300B9C" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys laborifex</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F3ACE50704B17DEB85E22720EB2A3B56" author="Kitchener, D. J. &amp; W. F. Humphreys" refId="ref186815" refString="Kitchener, D. J., and W. F. Humphreys. 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." year="1986">Kitchener and Humphreys 1986</bibRefCitation>
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Species
<taxonomicName id="277E4BA19BD23D7C0D3E99F08EB88BB3" authority="Gould 1858" authorityName="Gould" authorityYear="1858" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="E3FA704EBD28569BC60EBF9287D14521" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys nanus</emphasis>
Gould 1858
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B3B0D06A02E95E84F0E881FEA795C7BE" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="EAAFBC5E15F87126D44E904F042F4C4C" authority="Waterhouse 1842" authorityName="Waterhouse" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="novaehollandiae">
<emphasis id="BB8EFF4AB56627E5F571D5B9C36343DC" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys novaehollandiae</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AED6DBEC9763B0CA38CF6419656644D5" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="78C7FD087C6DBE0871B4FA618EAE829D" authority="Tate 1951" authorityName="Tate" authorityYear="1951" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis id="E8FCF20DAEBECCB67658426E8559D7CD" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys occidentalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8A0EC9688AB76B22B9697C138BC16FE6" author="Tate, G. H. H." refId="ref347722" refString="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." year="1951">Tate 1951</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="23B7F547C7DBA4BEF778A95AA7E215DA" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="BFCB9C25AB6711D976DD5ED1175792EB" authority="Thomas 1921" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oralis">
<emphasis id="68FA57B8F19C04EF9690719EC64EFCB8" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys oralis</emphasis>
Thomas 1921
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="39B9240FCF796AA0EE506BCAAB4C2785" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="21C9925F62231F2160259C54B14310BB" authority="Thomas and Dollman 1909" authorityName="Thomas and Dollman" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="patrius">
<emphasis id="9F8E5790C2BDAA551549544C80F92EBD" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys patrius</emphasis>
Thomas and
<bibRefCitation id="0A1AFA86B6A639107F5DF3AA7F2ED04E" author="Dollman, G." refId="ref87465" refString="Dollman, G. 1909. New mammals from British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 4: 39 - 553." year="1909">Dollman 1909</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ACBF743DE91B7A46E3ED5660D2B6F126" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="C72DB63BE725560C814490FEA2FEAE30" authority="Fox and Briscoe 1980" authorityName="Fox and Briscoe" authorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pilligaensis">
<emphasis id="581BAF69DBD47106B0C50E9DA43ECEA4" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys pilligaensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8E1A2018AA96CA97368CC22AE99A8D46" author="Fox, B. J. &amp; D. A. Briscoe" refId="ref107697" refString="Fox, B. J., and D. A. Briscoe. 1980. Pseudomys pilligaensis, a new species of murid rodent from the Pilliga Scrub, Northern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy, 3: 109 - 126." year="1980">Fox and Briscoe 1980</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="805A7E1AABB590E3C4FBD6A523940FB7" pageNumber="1453">
Species
<taxonomicName id="63E8DAB14218E0EFDF1D7B504E8C9050" authority="Thomas 1906" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1453" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shortridgei">
<emphasis id="7E94A041A9EADC15078DC1EF9383FF44" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys shortridgei</emphasis>
Thomas 1906
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4D6591812477AEA78C03972776C5F659" pageNumber="1453" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="B61DE8EC224139F1AB4830E61DC55DE3" pageNumber="1453">
<emphasis id="306D2C1D926B13110E16B8FFCF90F6A4" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1453">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="D35E7B3AD87B5AAC27CE1873AE192485" pageNumber="1453">
<taxonomicName id="7B4EB84B1F9D816A7E84411E61D65578" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="09731098924280E1CC4B1CAD051594B1" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Division. Member of the Australian Old Endemics (
<bibRefCitation id="BAC97F48F2BC5EA929139CCDAD659304" author="Musser, G. G." refId="ref251734" refString="Musser, G. G. 1981 c. The giant rat of Flores and its relatives east of Borneo and Bali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 169: 67 - 176." year="1981">
Musser, 1981
<emphasis id="AC03EB78421F7A7485F09342088D06AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">c</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
), part of which is the Conilurini where
<bibRefCitation id="6CAF49DF36703907FAD497A70D47F321" author="Lee, A. K. &amp; P. R. Baverstock &amp; C. H. S. Watts" refId="ref208720" refString="Lee, A. K., P. R. Baverstock, and C. H. S. Watts. 1981. Rodents- - the late invaders. Pp. 1523 - 1553, in Ecological biogeography of Australia (A. Keast, ed.) [vol. 3, part 6]. Monographiae Biologicae, 41: 1 - 2142 [in 3 vols.]." year="1981">Lee et al. (1981)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="A2DBB65E8F9AA34DF5E79689F7DABE6D" author="Baverstock, P. R." refId="ref24199" refString="Baverstock, P. R. 1984. Australia's living rodents: A restrained explosion. Pp. 913 - 919, in Vertebrate Zoogeography and Evolution in Australasia (M. Archer and G. Clayton, eds.). Hesperian Press, Carlisle, W. A., Australia, 1203 pp." year="1984">Baverstock (1984)</bibRefCitation>
placed
<taxonomicName id="45A61D59E0FF925FDAD460E0CE4471A2" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="26F46678A1E210FB0C353D7C6BAD83A5" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The genus is now regarded by some as part of an expanded Hydromyini (which includes Australian and New
<collectingCountry id="6673B32F8A3A9420BD26C6B36766FA20" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
genera in our
<taxonomicName id="EC61838BEDD119BBB5A0F3D7957710E2" authorityName="E. Geoffroy" authorityYear="1804" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hydromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="960B25B9CD16B4FD4F109C360692A0D8" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Hydromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1B610A9149693FEFFAECD7D672AE269" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E5829BCAE3725E39E7FE5BDF180EA285" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Uromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EEB1B1B86DF7A6E8B2040B2CA2A48AFF" authority="Divisions" authorityName="Divisions" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Xeromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DF9C5FDA3EA793A0659097998EBB76E7" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Xeromys</emphasis>
Divisions
</taxonomicName>
), an &quot;Australasian clade&quot; defined by similarities in albumin immunology and spermatozoal structure (
<bibRefCitation id="12C1F5DD61A85FD31ADC65C555D8FF00" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock" refId="ref384360" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and P. R. Baverstock. 1994 a. Evolution in New Guinean Muridae (Rodentia) assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology, 42: 295 - 306." year="1994">
Watts and Baverstock, 1994
<emphasis id="B958B2C6D8ECA9ADD2B841D92ABE8951" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
, 1995
<emphasis id="2096DBFF0BD8A3120F41BFF838215F24" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">b</emphasis>
, 1996). Taxonomic, distributional, and biological references to all species cataloged by
<bibRefCitation id="E5BDF1D61FF83D88ACA09DB1A712FB67" author="Mahoney, J. A. &amp; B. J. Richardson" refId="ref222168" refString="Mahoney, J. A., and B. J. Richardson. 1988. Muridae. Pp. 154 - 192, in Zoological catalogue of Australia. Mammalia (J. L. Bannister, et. al.). Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 5: 1 - 274." year="1988">Mahoney and Richardson (1988)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="06317A64618EE5080B2A2D9517A6C96B" pageNumber="1453">
Data from several character suites have been used to estimate relationships among species of
<taxonomicName id="25054E8E432C4DF793B4548535771916" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5EF28083CC331DA6BAD3CBBDCA693742" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: anatomy of male and female reproductive tracts (
<bibRefCitation id="E125173ACDCB695873D342E8F85C6D0A" author="Breed, W. G." refId="ref40781" refString="Breed, W. G. 1980. Further observations on spermatozoal morphology and male reproductive tract anatomy of Pseudomys and Notomys species (Mammalia: Rodentia). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 104: 51 - 55." year="1980">Breed, 1980</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="C1DDF793642D6EC5C1E08C9782F7BD1F" author="Breed, W. G." refId="ref40901" refString="Breed, W. G. 1985. Morphological variation in the female reproductive tract of Australian rodents in the genera Pseudomys and Notomys. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 73: 379 - 384." year="1985">1985</bibRefCitation>
, 1986); phallic morphology (
<bibRefCitation id="E4E133FCB46F96B8502D59591439ACC0" author="Lidicker, W. Z., Jr. &amp; P. V. Brylski" refId="ref212257" refString="Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., and P. V. Brylski. 1987. The conilurine rodent radiation of Australia, analyzed on the basis of phallic morphology. Journal of Mammalogy, 68: 617 - 641." year="1987">Lidicker and Brylski, 1987</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="6E39F93BD01878C27431A27EB26B0614" author="Morrissey, B. L. &amp; W. G. Breed" refId="ref247856" refString="Morrissey, B. L., and W. G. Breed. 1982. Variation in external morphology of the glans penis of Australian native rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology, 30: 495 - 502." year="1982">Morrissey and Breed, 1982</bibRefCitation>
); spermatozoal morphology (Breed, 1983, 1984, 1997;
<bibRefCitation id="003C4F4C796B203EC547ACADD2311583" author="Breed, W. G. &amp; V. Sarafis" refId="ref41612" refString="Breed, W. G., and V. Sarafis. 1978. 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." year="1978">Breed and Sarafis, 1978</bibRefCitation>
); electrophoretic variation (
<bibRefCitation id="BD33A216A1ED1C1E3D8CCC43D5F1B370" author="Baverstock, P. R. &amp; C. H. S. Watts &amp; S. R. Cole" refId="ref24353" refString="Baverstock, P. R., C. H. S. Watts, and S. R. Cole. 1977 a. Electrophoretic comparisons between allopatric populations of five Australian pseudomyine rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Biological Science, 30: 471 - 485." year="1977">
Baverstock et al., 1977
<bibRefCitation id="BD993433867C2D4D131A52E87EFE97FB" author="Nessov, L. A. &amp; A. A. Gureev" refId="ref257927" refString="Nessov, L. A., and A. A. Gureev. 1981. [A jaw of a most ancient shrew from the Upper Cretaceous of the Kizylkum desert.] Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 257 (4): 1002 - 1004 (in Russian)." year="1981">
<emphasis id="DE6456E63A355006A62BD7373ACB5E57" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">a</emphasis>
, 1981
</bibRefCitation>
</bibRefCitation>
); albumin immunology (
<bibRefCitation id="5DAD9FE88AED0CF00372A3326E878BB1" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock &amp; J. Birrell &amp; M. Krieg" refId="ref384680" refString="Watts, C. H. S., P. R. Baverstock, J. Birrell, and M. Krieg. 1992. Phylogeny of the Australian rodents (Muridae): A molecular approach using microcomplement fixation of albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology, 40: 81 - 90." year="1992">Watts et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
); and chromosomes (
<bibRefCitation id="C50A25CB9146F0EC8EEF7650D299C947" author="Baverstock, P. R. &amp; C. H. S. Watts &amp; J. T. Hogarth" refId="ref24478" refString="Baverstock, P. R., C. H. S. Watts, and J. T. Hogarth. 1977 c. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents. I. The Pseudomyinae, the Hydromyinae and the Uromys / Melomys group. Chromosoma, 61: 95 - 125." year="1977">
Baverstock et al., 1977
<bibRefCitation id="D3644BB32AF70A80AE7E171AE19B8DA8" author="van Zyll de Jong, C. G." refId="ref367653" refString="van Zyll de Jong, C. G. 1983 b. A morphometric analysis of North American shrews of the arcticus group, with special consideration of the taxonomic status of S. a. maritimensis. Nature Canada (Quebec), 110: 373 - 378." year="1983">
<emphasis id="3EDC8A5927EFF72E495460720B6B0027" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">c</emphasis>
, 1983
<emphasis id="02487F53819395F71976C6DD4B290BCF" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
</bibRefCitation>
). Despite such different approaches, no study estimating phylogenetic relationships is available that integrates all these data with information from skins, skulls, and dentitions. Consequently, opinion still ranges from including all the distinctive species groups in one genus (
<taxonomicName id="9F64E536F72A84C25AABF332F4ACE824" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B79ADEE6E27CD769E4A428C08B82BD86" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), to allocating them to three genera (
<taxonomicName id="0DBF9A604004FB168CEBE772103DD45E" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B8D8D4EA014F9854700D6FD37CB4A627" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="1754ACF6F4053952B70D314A669F1997" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gyomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0630C247E278D006ABF7A2206180B652" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Gyomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BAA33BE09D7180AA43D86C79B3798A1A" baseAuthorityName="Simpson" baseAuthorityYear="1961" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leggadina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5A96B9873D0B53749117C601627C820D" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Leggadina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), to merging
<taxonomicName id="8F68EF80E913A9C9CA6D1E70001820B2" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D6C9F71A57FFDB3CBF5DF73C0742F2FF" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Mastacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4BE4ADD9F089D57467E5EB124F0E2807" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leporillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A7C089FE884A8A4642464288E1F58892" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Leporillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="DECCA56AEED43623F8DB90D019DB73E0" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DDEA8CA862686FF773427C0BC7E816A1" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see discussions in
<bibRefCitation id="2DB839DEACBF37DFE214B4F9D526650A" author="Baverstock, P. R. &amp; C. H. S. Watts &amp; M. Adams &amp; S. R. Cole" refId="ref24697" refString="Baverstock, P. R., C. H. S. Watts, M. Adams, and S. R. Cole. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 29: 289 - 303." year="1981">Baverstock et al., 1981</bibRefCitation>
; Breed, 1983;
<bibRefCitation id="7F8D577BE0098708127EF88CAB253CCC" author="Lidicker, W. Z., Jr. &amp; P. V. Brylski" refId="ref212257" refString="Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., and P. V. Brylski. 1987. The conilurine rodent radiation of Australia, analyzed on the basis of phallic morphology. Journal of Mammalogy, 68: 617 - 641." year="1987">Lidicker and Brylski, 1987</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="23FFE2FFC6FFF558A599B2FC1282A347" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; H. J. Aslin" refId="ref384328" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and H. J. Aslin. 1981. The rodents of Australia. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 321 pp." year="1981">Watts and Aslin, 1981</bibRefCitation>
; and
<bibRefCitation id="52C0A5F3AA9B0C8F5010D8548EEDE7E2" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock &amp; J. Birrell &amp; M. Krieg" refId="ref384680" refString="Watts, C. H. S., P. R. Baverstock, J. Birrell, and M. Krieg. 1992. Phylogeny of the Australian rodents (Muridae): A molecular approach using microcomplement fixation of albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology, 40: 81 - 90." year="1992">Watts et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="9D556F19746B9B3CA413F46A0D73FF0D" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock &amp; J. Birrell &amp; M. Krieg" refId="ref384680" refString="Watts, C. H. S., P. R. Baverstock, J. Birrell, and M. Krieg. 1992. Phylogeny of the Australian rodents (Muridae): A molecular approach using microcomplement fixation of albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology, 40: 81 - 90." year="1992">Watts et al. (1992)</bibRefCitation>
discussed the futility of attempting to split
<taxonomicName id="8774CDD860305EC2638153D88D8B6223" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="42B9A164A4392630CEC28C94C860AC90" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and they regarded it as a single but complex genus in which results from albumin immunology comfirmed its monophyly relative to the other Australian murines except
<taxonomicName id="35FBF8D10831101FC752EF7951997ABE" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5A60E08FD65EB898B4FFA09D70B8EFD3" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Mastacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which they merged with
<taxonomicName id="259AB0D4DBA973BB536D3BF20A988EBE" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E7C40A55A66177ED7B943B62D362BE5F" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In contrast,
<bibRefCitation id="011BB12727E2CBD818C7F11DD9EB26F4" author="Mahoney, J. A. &amp; B. J. Richardson" refId="ref222168" refString="Mahoney, J. A., and B. J. Richardson. 1988. Muridae. Pp. 154 - 192, in Zoological catalogue of Australia. Mammalia (J. L. Bannister, et. al.). Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 5: 1 - 274." year="1988">Mahoney and Richardson (1988:160)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="12F87F6929504AF84A5753F2237F4B04" author="Happold, D. C. D." refId="ref140084" refString="Happold, D. C. D. 1995. Broad-toothed rat, Mastacomys fuscus. Pp. 562 - 564, in Mammals of Australia (R. Strahan, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 756 pp." year="1995">Happold (1995)</bibRefCitation>
retained
<taxonomicName id="135B6ED355DE0FF1B92B763EB8552839" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="38FC98E105663947E9686F96359B5E7A" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Mastacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a separate genus, a course we follow. A recently completed molecular phylogenetic study by F. Ford (James Cook University), utilizing a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, provides strong evidence that
<taxonomicName id="ABCC22BF530886BEAC8D7EAC858EF5E7" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3AF643262936C698329A667B3DB2DAE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is paraphyletic with respect to both
<taxonomicName id="CA91A68424215D8BA88772459D689E7F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D3069BAEA7C2F2DCCE5FED6CFA486B5A" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Mastacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EEC7760F3288A1D23940BA47212F112F" authorityName="Lesson" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Notomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4579BA120793D9B10CFEF92220F2F2E8" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Notomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(F. Ford, in litt., 2004). Fords phylogeny is currently being integrated with all other available morphological, cytological and immunological datasets, and with new observations on cranial and dental morphology (F. Ford and K. Aplin, in litt., 2004), to produce a new generic arrangement for this key group of Australian Old Endemics. The use of plantar pad patterns to help identify three species of
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<emphasis id="8082490C49B64F59286DED447109AE80" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in contrast to
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<emphasis id="FB08E65024116B4FA62BFDF73DAD27D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Mus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="76EA50B8E0A3804A923875C72A4C9F11" baseAuthorityName="Ellerman" baseAuthorityYear="1941" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="77307C8ADD3C64FF455B3098C02F617C" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Rattus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is described by Cooper (1993, 1994). Anatomy of mammary glands in two species is described by
<bibRefCitation id="D1B2250FE2FA02637ECF105904CE0DA5" author="Griffiths, M. &amp; N. G. Simms" refId="ref129766" refString="Griffiths, M., and N. G. Simms. 1993. Observations on the anatomy of mammary glands in two species of conilurine rodent (Muridae: Hydromyinae) and in an opossum (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). Australian Mammalogy, 16: 9 - 15." year="1993">Griffiths and Simms (1993)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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There are at least two undescribed species of
<taxonomicName id="3204203547EAE6CE9ECF371FD8C47A8B" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AF541B1D51125CEA9CD5E6819F1CBA73" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. One (Basalt Plains Mouse) is represented by hundreds of specimens &quot;collected from owl-roost deposits and Aboriginal middens on the basalt plains of western Victoria, particularly in lava tubes associated with dormant volcanos&quot; (
<bibRefCitation id="7C59BEF342D72BF0104CAB35526830BE" author="Flannery, T. F." refId="ref103607" refString="Flannery, T. F. 1995 e. Basalt Plains mouse, Pseudomys sp. P. 619, in Mammals of Australia (R. Strahan, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 756 pp." year="1995">
Flannery, 1995
<emphasis id="2DF2B2120FF65CA703509CAEAB2F8A8B" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">e</emphasis>
:619
</bibRefCitation>
). It may have survived into the nineteenth century and vanished when its natural habitat of tussock grassland was destroyed by sheep. The other is morphologically similar to but distinct from
<taxonomicName id="9B68E8C3794A63D352FD4F098D3C3195" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="C73D32844E2C0A51180BDFC11C026D05" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">P. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and represented by subfossils from S South Australia (
<bibRefCitation id="623E93217DEF24813915B34C48ABCED1" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; H. J. Aslin" refId="ref384328" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and H. J. Aslin. 1981. The rodents of Australia. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 321 pp." year="1981">Watts and Aslin, 1981</bibRefCitation>
); the name
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<emphasis id="00DF886E47FBE5CB5F6F082A71685F0E" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, now listed as one of the synonyms under
<taxonomicName id="7BF781F9CDC52BB130FE99FE1EB6AB06" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="1E99EF117C92FF4BC9570C737B356E06" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">P. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, may apply to this taxon (Robinson et al., 2000).
<bibRefCitation id="02535C6B8066747AE2AD81D6904577E8" author="Van Dyck, S." refId="ref365826" refString="Van Dyck, S. 1997. Queensland pebble-mound mice-up from the tailings. Nature Australia, 25 (10): 40 - 47." year="1997">Van Dyck (1997)</bibRefCitation>
reported another potentially undescribed living species from Queensland west of the Great Dividing Range from near Cloncurry to Camooweal. On DNA evidence, this population was found to be very close to
<taxonomicName id="06C85252763BFCD58D4B436FCE7DD2A6" authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1985" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johnsoni">
<emphasis id="7ED6CEB6014ECD1CDC31B9B746F77C9D" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">P. johnsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(F. Ford, in litt., 2004).
<taxonomicName id="48DC5FCBF4672D24B39CE686E0D5DCFC" authorityName="Godthelp" authorityYear="1989" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vandyki">
<emphasis id="A282ECFBF09AAC331CEF1881E1315707" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys vandyki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the earliest Australian record of
<taxonomicName id="D4EA0BBD95944A285D00C7B734AE9982" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FA44353C59C942771CFCB461039FBEA2" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is represented by molars from probable late Pliocene sediments (Aplin, 2004;
<bibRefCitation id="241B0C8FCE5FF279D6E0D83AA74BB24D" author="Godthelp, H. J." refId="ref122293" refString="Godthelp, H. J. 1990. Pseudomys vandycki, a Tertiary murid from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 28: 171 - 173." year="1990">Godthelp, 1990</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0359AA12A18B569ACB8F3BBCB83506BB" pageNumber="1453">
K. Aplin (in litt., 2004) noted that many of the historically recorded species of
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<emphasis id="76BE8407D4DE76CF242A54A26EEAB533" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
declined so quickly that they are currently known from only a few museum specimens, often in poor condition and from widely scattered localities. Aplin views the current taxonomy of
<taxonomicName id="20F6A0CED5D8B6E788B3B7EC9C9D7022" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4D5D1CF20AA1F4CF182B92B7028C5B2B" italics="true" pageNumber="1453">Pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to seriously underestimate the real historic diversity, and states that the true diversity will only be revealed by a combination of 1) systematic survey of subfossil assemblages, 2) comprehensive DNA sampling of historical specimens, and 3) selective DNA sampling of subfossils to link the two
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.
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