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
- Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis), Thomas, 1922
- Short-tailed Hopping Mouse (Notomys amplus), Brazenor, 1936 (extinct)
- Northern Hopping Mouse (Notomys aquilo), Thomas, 1921
- Fawn Hopping Mouse (Notomys cervinus), (Gould, 1853)
- Dusky Hopping Mouse (Notomys fuscus), (Wood Jones, 1925)
- Long-tailed Hopping Mouse (Notomys longicaudatus), (Gould, 1844) (extinct)
- Big-eared Hopping Mouse (Notomys macrotis), Thomas, 1921 (extinct)
- Mitchell's Hopping Mouse (Notomys mitchelli), (Ogilby, 1838)
- Darling Downs Hopping Mouse (Notomys mordax), Thomas, 1922 (extinct)
- Great Hopping Mouse (Notomys sp.) (extinct)
- Pogonomys
- Prehensile-tailed Rat (Pogonomys mollipilosus), Peters & Doria, 1881
- 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
