Desert mouse
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Desert mouse | |
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Pseudomys desertor specimen. Type: holotype. Australian Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Pseudomys |
Species: | P. desertor |
Binomial name | |
Pseudomys desertor (Troughton, 1932) | |
Pseudomys desertor occurrence records |
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The desert mouse (Pseudomys desertor), also known as the brown desert mouse,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Australia.[1] The first desert mouse specimen was collected by Australian zoologist Gerard Krefft on the Blandowski Expedition in 1856-57, between Gol Gol Creek and the Darling River.[2]