Desert Pseudomys
Pseudomys desertor Troughton, 1932
Also calledPseudomys déserteur (fra) · aavikkoruskohiiruli (fin) · pseudomysz pustynna (pol) · Пустынная ложная мышь (rus) · サバクニセマウス (jpn)
First described in: Rec. Aust. Mus. vol.18 p.293
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Spermatozoal morphology similar to P. australis and many other species of Pseudomys (Breed, 1983). Both names listed above are unused senior synonyms of desertor and should not be resurrected (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 174). Reviewed by Kerle (1995 a). Read et al. (1999) documented the distribution, ecology, and current status of P. desertor in South Australia.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Arid and semiarid tropical regions of Australia; Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, and possibly Victoria; also recorded from Bernier Isl, Western Australia (Kerle, 1995 a: 595; Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 174); Robinson et al. (2000) summarized the distribution in South Australia; Williams (1995 c) discussed the possible distribution in Victoria.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Australia, " Central Australia " (see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 174).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
description
Condition. Cranium missing both zygomatic arches, missing basioccipital, left upper tooth row is detached; both dentaries missing angular processes. Skin mount: bald patch on the dorsal surface, tail tip fractured.
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Pseudomys desertor in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219802.