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 The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. ...

, native to

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. 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 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 {{Pseudomys-stub