Pseudomys johnsoni Kitchener 1985

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 : 1458

Pseudomys johnsoni Kitchener 1985

Pseudomys johnsoni Kitchener 1985 , Rec. West. Aust. Mus ., 12: 208.

Type Locality: Australia, C Northern Territory, Kurundi Station, Kurinelli Mine, 150 m (Kitchener, 1985, provided additional information); also Queensland west of the Great Dividing Range, from near Cloncurrys to Camooweal ( Van Dyck, 1997, as potentially undescribed species).

Vernacular Names: Central Pebble-mound Pseudomys.

Distribution: Australia; originally reported from small area in arid C Northern Territory ( Kerle, 1995 b:608; Kitchener, 1985:216). Recent discovery of P. johnsoni in Queensland highlights lack of detailed survey data for many parts of northern Australia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Closest phylogenetic relative is apparently P. chapmani , which occurs in NW Western Australia (Kitchener, 1985).