Pseudomys
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Pseudomys is a genus of rodent that contains a wide variety of mice native to Australia and New Guinea. They are among the few terrestrial placental mammals that colonised Australia without human intervention.
Pseudomys Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent | |
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Sandy inland mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: | Pseudomys Gray, 1832 |
Type species | |
Pseudomys australis | |
Species | |
Pseudomys albocinereus |