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--> GENUS Pseudomys
SPECIES Pseudomys albocinereus
Author: | Gould, 1845. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845: 78. | Common Name: | Ash-gray Pseudomys | Type Locality: | Australia, Western Australia, "scrubby plains near Perth" (as restricted by Thomas’ lectotype designation; see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:171). | Distribution: | Australia, SW Western Australia (from Shark Bay area southeast to Israelite Bay); also found on islands of Bernier, Dorre, Shark Bay, and Woody (Watts and Aslin, 1981:196, and Morris, 1995:584). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Analysis of phallic morphology suggested P. albocinereus belongs in group with P. fumeus and P. shortridgei (Lidicker and Brylski, 1987), but electrophoretic data placed it in a cluster containing P. apodemoides and seven other species, excluding P. fumeus and P. shortridgei (Baverstock et al., 1981). Dental traits suggested P. albocinereus is closely related to the Pliocene P. vandycki, and if this resemblance reflects monophyly, the two species form a distinct group within Pseudomys (Godthelp, 1990). But Watts (in litt.) wrote us that "virtually all data supports close relationships between P. apodemoides and P. albocinereus. Relationships beyond this are any one’s guess." See also Watts et al. (1992). |
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