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Australian Native Mice
Pseudomys
Pseudomys is a genus of rodent that contains a wide variety of mice native to Australia and New Guinea. They are among the few terrestrial placental mammals that colonised Australia without human intervention.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 22 known species
Sandy Inland Mouse
speciesPseudomys hermannsburgensis
Silky Mouse
speciesPseudomys apodemoides
Eastern Chestnut Mouse
speciesPseudomys gracilicaudatus
Northern Delicate Mouse
speciesPseudomys delicatulus
Bolam's Mouse
speciesPseudomys bolami
Plains Mouse
speciesPseudomys australis
Desert Mouse
speciesPseudomys desertor
Pilbara Pebble Mouse
speciesPseudomys chapmani
Long-tailed Mouse
speciesPseudomys higginsi
New Holland Mouse
speciesPseudomys novaehollandiae
eastern delicate mouse
speciesPseudomys mimulus
Western Chestnut Mouse
speciesPseudomys nanus
Heath Mouse
speciesPseudomys shortridgei
Ash-grey Mouse
speciesPseudomys albocinereus
Central Pebble Mouse
speciesPseudomys johnsoni
Hastings River Mouse
speciesPseudomys oralis
Eastern Pebble Mouse
speciesPseudomys patrius
Blue-grey Mouse
speciesPseudomys glaucus
Kakadu Pebble Mouse
speciesPseudomys calabyi
Smoky Mouse
speciesPseudomys fumeus
Shark Bay Mouse
speciesPseudomys gouldii
Long-eared Mouse
speciesPseudomys auritus
Western Mouse
speciesPseudomys occidentalis
western delicate mouse
speciesPseudomys pilbarensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45194.