Pseudomys fumeus Brazenor 1934

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1456

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Pseudomys fumeus Brazenor 1934 , Mem. Nat. Mus . Melb., 8: 158.

Type Locality: Australia, Victoria, Turton's Pass, Otway Forest.

Vernacular Names: Smoky Pseudomys.

Distribution: Australia, Victoria ( Cockburn, 1995 b:599; Menkhorst, 1995 d:219; Watts and Aslin, 1981:202). Range during late Pleistocene extended into E New South Wales ( Wakefield, 1972 a).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Electrophoretic data separated P. fumeus from other species of Pseudomys ( Baverstock et al., 1981) ; phallic morphology suggested a close tie between P. fumeus , P. albocinereus , and P. shortridgei , a group for which the generic name Gyomys is available ( Lidicker and Brylski, 1987:635); but spermatozoal structure tied P. fumeus with most other species of Pseudomys (Breed, 1983) . Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Cockburn (1995 b).