Kimberley Pseudomys
Pseudomys laborifex Kitchener & Humphreys, 1986
First described in: Rec. West. Aust. Mus. vol.12 p.420
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. It is one of the pebble-mound mice.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Australia, N Western Australia and N Northern Territory (Kitchener and Humphreys, 1986: 430, 1987: 292).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Australia, N Western Australia, Kimberley Region, Mitchell Plateau, adjacent to Camp Creek, 270 m (Kitchener and Humphreys, 1986: 421, provided more information, including description of habitat at type locality).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Kitchener and Humphreys (1987) proposed calabyi as a subspecies.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Australia, N Western Australia and N Northern Territory (see maps in Kitchener and Humphreys, 1986: 430, 1987: 292).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219805.