Central pebble-mound mouse

Central pebble-mound mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Pseudomys
Species:	P. johnsoni
Binomial name
Pseudomys johnsoni Kitchener, 1985
Synonyms
Pseudomys laborifex Kitchener & Humphreys, 1986

The central pebble-mound mouse (Pseudomys johnsoni) is a species of rodent 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.^[2] It is one of the pebble-mound mice.

References

1. Aplin, K. & Woinarski, J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Pseudomys johnsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T18568A115144512. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T18568A22399330.en. Retrieved 9 March 2023.{{cite iucn}}: uses deprecated |page= identifier (help)
2. Van Dyck, S & Strahan, R 2008, The Mammals of Australia, 3rd edn, Reed New Holland, Sydney.

Further reading

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.