The central pebble-mound mouse (''Pseudomys johnsoni'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the family Muridae, native to Australia. The Kimberley mouse (''Pseudomys laborifex'') was, until recently, considered distinct from ''P. johnsoni'', but they are now known to be conspecific.
[Van Dyck, S & Strahan, R 2008, ''The Mammals of Australia'', 3rd edn, Reed New Holland, Sydney.] It is one of the pebble-mound mouse, pebble-mound mice.
References
* Baillie, J. 1996.
Pseudomys johnsoni 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Pseudomys
Mammals of the Northern Territory
Rodents of Australia
Mammals described in 1985
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