Rodentia (class Mammalia)Plains Mouse (Pseudomys australis)
The Plains Mouse (Pseudomys australis), known as Palyoora (a name used by the Wangkangurru people of the Simpson Desert area in the state of South Australia). Also commonly known as the Plains Rate and Eastern Mouse, Pseudomys australis is a conilurine rodent native to arid and semi-arid Australia.
Conilurine rodents are the most speciose and ecologically diverse rodent group within Australia.1
Pseudomys australis was once widely distributed across central Australia, north-west New South Wales and south-west Queensland, but due to habitat degradation due to grazing, introduced predators and drought have contributed to its decline.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
- Informal: Gnathostomata
- Class: Mammalia
- Subclass: Eutheria
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Muridae
- Genus Group: Pseudomys Group
- Genus: Pseudomys
- Species: Pseudomys australis
Footnote & References
- Conilurine Rodent Evolution: The role of ecology in modifying evolutionary consequences of environmental change, Thesis submitted by Frederick David Ford BSc (Hon) ANU In June 2003, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology and Tropical Ecology within the School of GTropical Biology, James Cook University, https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/77/1/01front.pdf
- Pseudomys australis J.E. Gray, 1832, Plains Mouse, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Pseudomys australis
- Is it a plains rat—or a palyoora? Why Australia is turning to Aboriginal animal names, 23 July 2024, by Ashley Stimpson, National Geographic, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/aboriginal-australian-animal-names
Rodentia (class Mammalia)Plains Mouse (Pseudomys australis)
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