List of Australian rodents

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This is a list of Australian rodents. Australia has a large number of indigenous rodents, all from the Family Muridae. The Black Rat, Brown Rat and House Mouse were accidentally introduced to Australia with European settlement. Note: where author and date of original description appears in brackets, this indicates that the describer placed the species in a genus different from the one here assigned (Strahan, 1995).

[edit] Old endemics

Uromys

  • Uromys caudimaculatus, Giant White-tailed Rat, (Krefft, 1867)
    • U. c. caudimaculatus
    • U. c. aruensis
    • U. c. multiplicatus
  • Uromys hadrourus, Masked White-tailed Rat, (Winter, 1984)

Melomys

  • Melomys burtoni, Grassland Melomys, (Ramsay, 1887)
  • Melomys capensis, Cape York Melomys, Tate, 1951
  • Melomys cervinipes, Fawn-footed Melomys, (Gould, 1852)
  • Melomys rubicola, Bramble Cay Melomys, Thomas, 1924

Pogonomys,

Hydromys

  • Hydromys chrysogaster, Water Rat, Geoffroy, 1804

Xeromys

  • Xeromys myoides, False Water-rat, Thomas, 1889

Mesembriomys

  • Mesembriomys gouldii, Black-footed Tree-rat, (Gray, 1843)
    • M. g. gouldii
    • M. g. melvillensis
    • M. g. rattoides
  • Mesembriomys macrurus, Golden-backed Tree-rat, (Peters, 1876)

Conilurus

  • Conilurus albipes, White-footed Tree-rat, (Lichenstein, 1829) [probably extinct]
  • Conilurus penicillatus, Brush-tailed Tree-rat, (Gould, 1842)

Zyzomys, Rock-rats

  • Zyzomys argurus, Common Rock-rat, (Thomas, 1889)
  • Zyzomys maini, Arnhem Land Rock-rat, Kitchener, 1989
  • Zyzomys palatalis, Carpentarian Rock-rat, Kitchener, 1989
  • Zyzomys pedunculatus, Central Rock-rat, Waite, 1896
  • Zyzomys woodwardi, Kimmberley Rock-rat, (Thomas, 1909)

Notomys

  • Notomys alexis, Spinifex Hopping-mouse, Thomas, 1922
    • N. a. alexis
    • N. a. reginae
    • N. a. everardensis
  • Notomys amplus, Short-tailed Hopping-mouse, Brazenor, 1936 [possibly extinct]
  • Notomys aquilo, Northern Hopping-mouse, Thomas, 1921
  • Notomys cervinus, Fawn Hopping-mouse, (Gould, 1853)
  • Notomys fuscus, Dusky Hopping-mouse, (Jones, 1925)
  • Notomys longicaudatus, Long-tailed Hopping Mouse, (Gould, 1844) [possibly extinct]
  • Notomys macrotis, Big-eared Hopping-mouse, Thomas, 1921 [presumed extinct]
  • Notomys mitchelli, Mitchell's Hopping-mouse, (Ogilby, 1838)
  • Notomys mordax, Darling Downs Hopping-mouse, Thomas, 1922 [known from a single specimen]
  • Notomys sp., Great Hopping-mouse, [probably extinct - not yet scientifically described]

Pseudomys, Pseudo-mice

  • Pesudomys albocinereus, Ash-grey Mouse, (Gould, 1845)
    • P. a. albocinereus
    • P. a. squalorum
  • Pseudomys apodemoides, Silky Mouse, Finlayson, 1932
  • Pseudomys australis, Plains Rat, Gray, 1832
  • Psuedomys bolami, Bolam's Mouse, Troughton, 1932
  • Pseudomys calabyi, Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse, Kitchener and Humphreys, 1987
  • Pseudomys chapmani, Western Pebble-mound Mouse, Kitchener, 1980
  • Pseudomys delicatulus, Delicate Mouse, (Gould, 1842)
    • P. d. delicatulus
    • P. d. mimulus
  • Pseudomys desertor, Desert Mouse, Troughton, 1932
  • Pseudomys fieldi, Shark Bay Mouse, (Waite, 1896)
  • Pseudomys fumeus, Smoky Mouse, Brazenor, 1934
  • Pseudomys gouldii, Gould's Mouse, (Waterhouse, 1839) [probably extinct]
  • Pseudomys gracilicaudatus, Eastern Chestnut Mouse, (Gould, 1845)
  • Pseudomys hermannsburgensis, Sandy Inland Mouse, (Waite, 1896)
  • Pseudomys higginsi, Long-tailed Mouse, (Trouessart, 1897)
  • Pseudomys johnsoni, Central Pebble-mound Mouse, Kitchener, 1985
  • Pseudomys laborifex, Kimmberley Mouse, Kitchener and Humphreys, 1986
  • Pseudomys nanus, Western Chestnut Mouse, (Gould, 1858)
    • P. n. nanus
    • P. n. ferculinus
  • Pseudomys novaehollandiae, New Holland Mouse, (Waterhouse, 1843)
  • Pseudomys occidentalis, Western Mouse, Tate, 1951
  • Pseudomys oralis, Hastings River Mouse, Thomas, 1921
  • Pseudomys pilligaensis', Pilliga Mouse, Fox and Biscoe, 1980
  • Pseudomys shortridgei, Heath Rat, (Thomas, 1907)
  • Pseudomys sp., Basalt Plains Mouse, [extinct]

Mastacomys

  • Mastacomys fuscus, Broad-toothed Rat, Thomas, 1882

Leporillus, Stick-nest Rats

  • Leporillus aspicalis, Lesser Stick-nest Rat, (Gould, 1853) [almost certaintly extinct]
  • Leporillus conditor, Greater Stick-nest Rat, (Sturt, 1848), [only on Franklin Island, Reevesby Island, Salutation Island and St Peter Island]

Leggadina, Short-tailed Mice

  • Leggadina forresti, Forrest’s Mouse, (Thomas, 1906)
  • Leggadina lakedownensis, Lakeland Downs Mouse, Watts, 1976

[edit] New endemics

Rattus

  • Rattus colleti, Dusky Rat, (Thomas, 1904)
  • Rattus exulans, Pacific Rat, (Peale, 1848)
  • Rattus fuscipes, Bush Rat, (Waterhouse, 1839)
  • Rattus leucopus, Cape York Rat, (Gray, 1867)
  • Rattus lutreolus, Swamp Rat, (Gray, 1841)
  • Rattus norvegicus, Brown Rat, (Berkenhout, 1769)
  • Rattus rattus, Black Rat, (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Rattus sordidus, Canefield Rat, (Gould, 1858)
  • Rattus tunneyi, Pale Field-rat, (Thomas, 1904)
  • Rattus villosissimus, Long-haired Rat, (Waite, 1898)

Mus

[edit] References

  • Strahan, R. ed. 1983. The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals. Angus & Robertson ISBN 0-207-14454-0
  • Strahan, R. (ed). 1995. The Mammals of Australia, Revised Edition. Reed New Holland, Sydney. ISBN 1-876334-88-6
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