- Source: List of rodents of Australia
This is a list of rodents of Australia. Australia has a large number of indigenous rodents, all from the family Muridae. The "Old endemics" group are member of tribe Hydromyini, which reached Australasia between 11 – 9 million years ago from Asia, while the "New endemics", members of the tribe Rattini, are presumed to have arrived more recently, between 4 – 3 million years ago, also from Asia. Murid rodents are one of the few placental mammals to have managed to cross the Wallace Line and colonize Australasia (which previously only contained marsupial and monotreme mammals) prior to European settlement, the others being bats and humans who, in turn, introduced the dingo.
The black rat, brown rat, Pacific rat and house mouse were accidentally introduced to Australia with European settlement, as was a small population of the five-lined palm squirrel near Perth. Grey squirrels have, since introduction, been eradicated from Australia.
Old "endemics" *
= Muridae
=White-footed rabbit-rat†, Conilurus albipes - extinct
Brush-tailed rabbit rat, Conilurus penicillatus
Rakali (water rat), Hydromys chrysogaster
Forrest's mouse, Leggadina forresti
Lakeland Downs mouse, Leggadina lakedownensis
Lesser stick-nest rat†, Leporillus apicalis – extinct
Greater stick-nest rat, Leporillus conditor
Broad-toothed mouse, Mastacomys fuscus
Grassland melomys, Melomys burtoni
Cape York melomys, Melomys capensis
Fawn-footed melomys, Melomys cervinipes
Bramble Cay melomys†, Melomys rubicola – extinct
Black-footed tree-rat, Mesembriomys gouldi
Golden-backed tree-rat, Mesembriomys macrurus
Spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis
Short-tailed hopping mouse†, Notomys amplus – extinct
Northern hopping mouse, Notomys aquilo
Fawn hopping mouse, Notomys cervinus
Dusky hopping mouse, Notomys fuscus
Long-tailed hopping mouse†, Notomys longicaudatus – extinct
Big-eared hopping mouse†, Notomys macrotis – extinct
Mitchell's hopping mouse, Notomys mitchelli
Darling Downs hopping mouse†, Notomys mordax – extinct
Great hopping mouse†, Notomys robustus- extinct
Prehensile-tailed rat, Pogonomys mollipilosus
Ash-grey mouse, Pseudomys albocinereus
Silky mouse, Pseudomys apodemoides
Plains rat, Pseudomys australis
Bolam's mouse, Pseudomys bolami
Kakadu pebble-mound mouse, Pseudomys calabyi
Western pebble-mound mouse, Pseudomys chapmani
Little native mouse, Pseudomys delicatulus
Desert mouse, Pseudomys desertor
Shark Bay mouse, Pseudomys fieldi
Smoky mouse, Pseudomys fumeus
Blue-grey mouse†, Pseudomys glaucus – extinct
Gould's mouse, Pseudomys gouldi
Eastern chestnut mouse, Pseudomys gracilicaudatus
Sandy inland mouse, Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
Long-tailed mouse, Pseudomys higginsi
Central pebble-mound mouse, Pseudomys johnsoni
Kimberley mouse, Pseudomys laborifex
Western chestnut mouse, Pseudomys nanus
New Holland mouse, Pseudomys novaehollandiae
Western mouse, Pseudomys occidentalis
Hastings River mouse, Pseudomys oralis
Pilliga mouse, Pseudomys pilligaensis
Eastern pebble-mound mouse, Pseudomys patrius
Heath mouse, Pseudomys shortridgei
Giant white-tailed rat, Uromys caudimaculatus
Masked white-tailed rat, Uromys hadrourus
False water rat, Xeromys myoides
Common rock rat, Zyzomys argurus
Arnhem Land rock rat, Zyzomys maini
Carpentarian rock rat, Zyzomys palatalis
Central rock rat, Zyzomys pedunculatus
Kimberley rock rat, Zyzomys woodwardi
New "endemics" *
= Muridae
=Dusky rat, Rattus colletti
Bush rat, Rattus fuscipes
Cape York rat, Rattus leucopus
Swamp rat, Rattus lutreolus
Canefield rat, Rattus sordidus
Pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi
Long-haired rat, Rattus villosissimus
Introduced
= Muridae
=House mouse¤, Mus musculus
Pacific rat¤, Rattus exulans
Brown rat¤, Rattus norvegicus
Black rat¤, Rattus rattus
= Sciuridae
=Five-lined palm squirrel¤, Funambulus pennantii
Grey squirrel¤, Sciurus carolinensis – now extinct in Australia
Notes
† Extinct
¤ Introduced
* Several of these species are not actually endemic to Australia, but to the Australasian realm, which includes Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. The headings "Old Endemics" and "New Endemics" are used here in that sense (after Strahan).
See also
List of mammals of Australia
List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia
List of bats of Australia
List of placental mammals introduced to Australia
List of marine mammals of Australia
References
External links
Species listing
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mengkirai
- Ixodes
- Ikan zebra
- List of rodents of Australia
- List of rodents
- List of mammals of Australia
- List of marine mammals of Australia
- Rodent
- Fauna of Australia
- List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia
- List of placental mammals introduced to Australia
- Deserts of Australia
- List of mammals of Tasmania
