Western Pebble-mound Mouse
Pseudomys chapmani Kitchener, 1980
Also calledPseudomys de Chapman (fra) · Westliche Australienmaus (deu) · myška Chapmanova (ces) · pilbaranhiiruli (fin) · pseudomysz kamienista (pol) · Мышь Чапмана (rus) · チャップマンニセマウス (jpn)
First described in: Rec. West. Aust. Mus. vol.8 p.405
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: This species builds pebble mounds and is sympatric with P. hermannsburgensis (Kitchener, 1980), which does not construct such mounds (Dunlop and Pound, 1981), but phylogenetically most closely allied to P. johnsoni, another species that constructs pebble mounds (Kitchener, 1985). The use of pebble mounds as indicators of the presence of P. chapmani is documented by Anstee (1996). Reviewed by Start and Kitchener (1995).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Australia, NW Western Australia; extant specimens known only from Pilbara Dist. (Kitchener, 1985: 216), but distribution of pebble mounds indicates range once extended through Gascoyne to Murchison Dist. with S limit near Mileura, N limit the Great Sandy Desert, and E limit the Gibson Desert (Dunlop and Pound, 1981; Start and Kitchener, 1995).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara Dist., East Hammersley Range, West Angelas Mine Site (Kitchener, 1980, provided additional information).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: This species builds pebble mounds and is sympatric with P. hermannsburgensis (Kitchener, 1980), which does not construct pebble mounds (Dunlop and Pound, 1981), but phylogenetically most closely allied to P. johnsoni, another species that constructs pebble mounds (Kitchener, 1985).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219801.