- List of Australian rodents
This is a list of Australian rodents.
Australia has a large number of indigenous rodents, all from the FamilyMuridae . TheBlack Rat ,Brown Rat ,Pacific Rat andHouse Mouse were accidentally introduced to Australia with European settlement, as was a small population of theFive-lined Palm Squirrel nearSydney 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
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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 actuallyendemic to the countryAustralia . 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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