List of Australian rodents

List of Australian rodents

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, Pacific Rat and House Mouse were accidentally introduced to Australia with European settlement, as was a small population of the Five-lined Palm Squirrel near Sydney Harbour.

Old "Endemics" *

Muridae

*†White-footed Rabbit Rat, "Conilurus albipes" - extinct
*Brush-tailed Rabbit Rat, "Conilurus penicillatus"

*Water Rat, "Hydromys chrysogaster"

*Forrest's Mouse, "Leggadina forresti"
*Lakeland Downs Mouse, "Leggadina lakedownensis"

*†Lesser Stick-nest Rat, "Leporillus apicalis" - extinct
*Greater Stick-nest Rat, "Leporillus conditor"

*Broad-toothed Mouse, "Pseudomys fuscus"

*Grassland Melomys, "Melomys burtoni"
*Cape York Melomys, "Melomys capensis"
*Fawn-footed Melomys, "Melomys cervinipes"
*Bramble Cay Melomys, "Melomys rubicola"

*Black-footed Tree-rat, "Mesembriomys gouldi"
*Golden-Backed Tree Rat, "Mesembriomys macrurus"

*Spinifex Hopping Mouse, "Notomys alexis"
*†Short-tailed Hopping Mouse, "Notomys amplus" - extinct
*Northern Hopping Mouse, "Notomys aquilo"
*Fawn Hopping Mouse, "Notomys cervinus"
*Dusky Hopping Mouse, "Notomys fuscus"
*†Long-tailed Hopping Mouse, "Notomys longicaudatus" - extinct
*†Big-eared Hopping Mouse, "Notomys macrotis" - extinct
*Mitchell's Hopping Mouse, "Notomys mitchelli"
*†Darling Downs Hopping Mouse, "Notomys mordax" - extinct
*†Great Hopping Mouse, "Notomys" sp. - extinct

*Prehensile-tailed Rat, "Pogonomys mollipilosus"

*Ash-grey Mouse, "Pseudomys albocinereus"
*Silky Mouse, "Pseudomys apodemoides"
*Plains Rat, "Pseudomys australis"
*Bolam's Mouse, "Pseudomys bolami"
*Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse, "Pseudomys calabyi"
*Western Pebble-mound Mouse, "Pseudomys chapmani"
*Delicate Mouse, "Pseudomys delicatulus"
*Desert Mouse, "Pseudomys desertor"
*Shark Bay Mouse, "Pseudomys fieldi"
*Smoky Mouse, "Pseudomys fumeus"
*†Blue-grey Mouse, "Pseudomys glaucus" - extinct
*†Gould's Mouse, "Pseudomys gouldi" - extinct
*Eastern Chestnut Mouse, "Pseudomys gracilicaudatus"
*Sandy Inland Mouse, "Pseudomys hermannsburgensis"
*Long-tailed Mouse, "Pseudomys higginsi"
*Central Pebble-mound Mouse, "Pseudomys johnsoni"
*Kimberley Mouse, "Pseudomys laborifex"
*Western Chestnut Mouse, "Pseudomys nanus"
*New Holland Mouse, "Pseudomys novaehollandiae"
*Western Mouse, "Pseudomys occidentalis"
*Hastings River Mouse, "Pseudomys oralis"
*Pilliga Mouse, "Pseudomys pilligaensis"
*Eastern Pebble-mound Mouse, "Pseudomys patrius"
*Heath Mouse, "Pseudomys shortridgei"

*Giant White-tailed Rat, "Uromys caudimaculatus"
*Masked White-tailed Rat, "Uromys hadrourus"

*False Water-rat, "Xeromys myoides"

*Common Rock-rat, "Zyzomys argurus"
*Arnhem Land Rock-rat, "Zyzomys maini"
*Carpentarian Rock-rat, "Zyzomys palatalis"
*Central Rock-rat, "Zyzomys pedunculatus"
*Kimberley Rock-rat, "Zyzomys woodwardi"

New "Endemics" *

Muridae

*Dusky Rat, "Rattus colletti"
*Bush Rat, "Rattus fuscipes"
*Cape York Rat, "Rattus leucopus"
*Swamp Rat, "Rattus lutreolus"
*Canefield Rat, "Rattus sordidus"
*Pale Field Rat, "Rattus tunneyi"
*Long-haired Rat, "Rattus villosissimus"

Introduced

Muridae

*¤House Mouse, "Mus musculus"
*¤Pacific Rat, "Rattus exulans"
*¤Brown Rat, "Rattus norvegicus"
*¤Black Rat, "Rattus rattus"

Sciuridae

*¤Five-lined Palm Squirrel, "Funambulus pennantii"

ee also

* List of Australian mammals
** List of Australian monotremes and marsupials
** List of Australian bats
** List of Australian introduced placental mammals
** List of Australian marine mammals

Notes

* "Endemic": Several of these species are not actually endemic to the country Australia. The term is used here in the sense of endemic to the Australian continent, not the country.

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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