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

  • Conilurus
    • White-footed Rabbit Rat (Conilurus albipes}, (Lichenstein, 1829) (extinct)
    • Brush-tailed Rabbit Rat (Conilurus penicillatus), (Gould, 1842)
  • Hydromys
    • Water Rat (Hydromys chrysogaster), Geoffroy, 1804
  • Leggadina
    • Forrest's Mouse (Leggadina forresti), (Thomas, 1906)
    • Lakeland Downs Mouse (Leggadina lakedownensis), Watts, 1976
  • Leporillus
    • Lesser Stick-nest Rat (Leporillus apicalis) (Gould, 1853) (extinct)
    • Greater Stick-nest Rat (Leporillus conditor) (Stuart, 1848)
  • Mastacomys
    • Broad-toothed Rat (Mastacomys fuscus), Thomas, 1882
  • Melomys
    • Grassland Melomys (Melomys burtoni), (Ramsay, 1887)
    • Cape York Melomys (Melomys capensis), Tate, 1951
    • Fawn-footed Melomys (Melomys cervinipes), (Gould, 1852)
    • Bramble Cay Melomys (Melomys rubicola), Thomas, 1924
  • Mesembriomys
    • Black-footed Tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldi), (Gray, 1843)
    • Golden-backed Tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus), (Peters, 1876)
  • Notomys
  • Pogonomys
  • Pseudomys
    • Ash-grey Mouse (Pseudomys albocinereus), (Gould, 1845)
    • Silky Mouse (Pseudomys apodemoides), Finlayson, 1932
    • Plains Rat (Pseudomys australis), Gray, 1832
    • Bolam's Mouse (Pseudomys bolami), Troughton, 1932
    • Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse (Pseudomys calabyi), Kitchener & Humphries, 1987
    • Western Pebble-mound Mouse (Pseudomys chapmani), Kitchener, 1980
    • Delicate Mouse (Pseudomys delicatulus), (Gould, 1842)
    • Desert Mouse (Pseudomys desertor), Troughton, 1932
    • Shark Bay Mouse (Pseudomys fieldi), (Waite, 1896)
    • Smoky Mouse (Pseudomys fumeus), Brazenor, 1934
    • Blue-grey Mouse (Pseudomys glaucus), Thomas, 1910 (extinct)
    • Gould's Mouse (Pseudomys gouldi), (Waterhouse, 1839) (extinct)
    • Eastern Chestnut Mouse (Pseudomys gracilicaudatus), (Gould, 1845)
    • Sandy Inland Mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis), (Waite, 1896)
    • Long-tailed Mouse (Pseudomys higginsi), (Trouessart, 1897)
    • Central Pebble-mound Mouse (Pseudomys johnsoni), Kitchener, 1985
    • Kimberley Mouse (Pseudomys laborifex), Kitchener & Humprhies, 1986
    • Western Chestnut Mouse (Pseudomys nanus), (Gould, 1858)
    • New Holland Mouse (Pseudomys novaehollandiae), (Waterhouse, 1843)
    • Western Mouse (Pseudomys occidentalis), Tate, 1951
    • Hastings River Mouse (Pseudomys oralis), Thomas, 1921
    • Pilliga Mouse (Pseudomys pilligaensis), Fox & Briscoe, 1980
    • Eastern Pebble-mound Mouse ('Pseudomys patrius), (Thomas & Dolmman, 1909)
    • Heath Mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei), (Thomas, 1907)
  • Uromys
    • Giant White-tailed Rat (Uromys caudimaculatus), (Krefft, 1867)
    • Masked White-tailed Rat (Uromys hadrourus), (Winter, 1984)
  • Xeromys
    • False Water-rat, Thomas, 1889
  • Zyzomys
    • Common Rock-rat (Zyzomys argurus), (Thomas, 1889)
    • Arnhem Land Rock-rat (Zyzomys maini), Kitchener, 1989
    • Carpentarian Rock-rat (Zyzomys palatalis), Kitchener, 1989
    • Central Rock-rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus), Waite, 1896
    • Kimberley Rock-rat (Zyzomys woodwardi), (Thomas, 1909)

[edit] New endemics

  • Mus
    • House Mouse (Mus musculus), Linnaeus, 1758 (introduced)
  • Rattus
    • Dusky Rat (Rattus colletti), (Thomas, 1904)
    • Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans), (Peale, 1848) (introduced)
    • Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes), (Waterouse, 1839)
    • Cape York Rat (Rattus leucopus), (Gray, 1867)
    • Swamp Rat (Rattus lutreolus), (Gray, 1841)
    • Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus), (Berkenhout, 1796) (introduced)
    • Black Rat (Rattus rattus), (Linnaeus, 1758) (introduced)
    • Canefield Rat (Rattus sordidus), (Gould, 1858)
    • Pale Field Rat (Rattus tunneyi), {Thomas, 1904)
    • Long-haired Rat (Rattus villosissimus), (Waite, 1898)

[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
  • Menkhorst, P. (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia, Oxford University Press, 19-20
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