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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Pseudomys
SPECIES Pseudomys fumeus
| Author: | Brazenor, 1934. | | Citation: | Mem. Nat. Mus. Melb., 8: 158. | | Common Name: | Smoky Pseudomys | | Type Locality: | Australia, Victoria, Turton's Pass, Otway Forest. | | Distribution: | Australia, Victoria (Cockburn, 1995b:599; Menkhorst, 1995d:219; Watts and Aslin, 1981:202). Range during late Pleistocene extended into E New South Wales (Wakefield, 1972a). | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Electrophoretic data separated P. fumeus from other species of Pseudomys (Baverstock et al., 1981); phallic morphology suggested a close tie between P. fumeus, P. albocinereus, and P. shortridgei, a group for which the generic name Gyomys is available (Lidicker and Brylski, 1987:635); but spermatozoal structure tied P. fumeus with most other species of Pseudomys (Breed, 1983). Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Cockburn (1995b). |
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