List of rodents of Australia
This is a list of rodents of Australia .[ 1] [ 2] Muridae . The "Old endemics " group are member of tribe Hydromyini , which reached Australasia between 11 – 9 million years ago from Asia , while the "New endemics", members of the tribe Rattini , are presumed to have arrived more recently, between 4 – 3 million years ago, also from Asia.[ 3] placental mammals to have managed to cross the Wallace Line and colonize Australasia (which previously only contained marsupial and monotreme mammals) prior to European settlement , the others being bats and humans who, in turn, introduced the dingo .
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 Perth . Grey squirrels have, since introduction, been eradicated from Australia.
White-footed rabbit-rat † , Conilurus albipes - extinct Brush-tailed rabbit rat , Conilurus penicillatus Rakali (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 , Mastacomys fuscus Grassland melomys , Melomys burtoni Cape York melomys , Melomys capensis Fawn-footed melomys , Melomys cervinipes Bramble Cay melomys † , Melomys rubicola – extinct 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 robustus - 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 Little native 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 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
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* Several of these species are not actually endemic to Australia , but to the Australasian realm , which includes Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia . The headings "Old Endemics" and "New Endemics" are used here in that sense (after Strahan[ 4]
See also
References
^ Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia , Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane ISBN 978-1-877069-25-3
^ Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001) A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0-19-550870-X
^ http://www.publish.csiro.au/samples/native%20Mice%20and%20rats%20sample.pdf Bill Breed., Fred Ford.,2007 native Mice and rats, Australian Natural History Series, CSIRO publications] ISBN 978-0-643-09166-5 ^ Strahan, R. (ed.) (1995) The Mammals of Australia , Revised (second) Edition, Reed New Holland, Sydney ISBN 1-876334-88-6
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