near Mount Dare Station, South Australia Photography by Tim Bawden (2017)
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Muridae
Genus:
Pseudomys
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Pseudomys australis
Gray, 1832
The historical distribution (pre-1980) and assumed extant distribution (1980-2018) of the plains rat across Australia.
The plains rat(Pseudomys australis), also known as the palyoora, plains mouse and eastern mouse,[2] is a conilurine rodent native to arid and semi-arid Australia.[3] Referred to as the pallyoora or yarlie by Indigenous groups, the plains rat was once widely distributed across central Australia, including north-west New South Wales and south-west Queensland; however, habitat degradation due to grazing, introduced predators and drought have contributed to its decline.[3] Consequently, the plains rat has been listed as 'presumed extinct' in New South Wales and Victoria, 'endangered' in the Northern Territory and Queensland and 'vulnerable' in Western Australia and South Australia.[4] While recent research has indicated the presence of the plains rat in areas such as the Fowlers Gap and Strzelecki Desert regions of New South Wales[4] and within the Diamantina National Park in Queensland,[5] there are only five sub-populations currently recognised nationally, none of which coincide with recent discoveries of the plains rat.[4] As the current population trend of the plains rat has been listed as 'declining' by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IUCN conservation status for the species is 'vulnerable'.[6]
^Burbidge, A.A. & Woinarski, J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Pseudomys australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T75927871A115493152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T75927871A22398023.en. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ abBrandle, R; Moseby, K. E; Adams, M (1999). "The distribution, habitat requirements and conservation status of the plains rat, Pseudomys australis (Rodentia: Muridae)". Wildlife Research. 26 (4): 463, 464, 473. doi:10.1071/WR97060.
^ abcLeggett, K. E. A; Welaratne, T; McLeod, S; Dawson, T (2017). "Rediscovery of the plains mouse (Pseudomys australis) (Rodentia: Muridae) in New South Wales". Australian Mammalogy. 40 (1): 127–130. doi:10.1071/AM16046.
^Moseby, K. (2012) "National Recovery Plan for the Plains Mouse Pseudomys australis". Adelaide: Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.
^Woinarski, J. C. Z; Burbidge, A. A; Harrison, P. L (2014). The action plan for Australian mammals 2012. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 622–625. ISBN 9780643108738.
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