Species profile—Pseudomys australis (plains rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Pseudomys australis (plains rat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Pseudomys australis Gray, 1832
- Common name
- plains rat
- Type reference
- Gray, J.E. (1832). Characters of a new genus of Mammalia, and of a new genus and two new species of lizards, from New Holland. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1832: 39-40 [39].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 746
- Alternate name(s)
- plains mouse
eastern rat
eastern mouse - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=746.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
