Pseudomys glaucus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	MURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pseudomys glaucus

Species Authority:

Thomas, 1910

Common Name/s:

English

–

Blue-grey Mouse, Blue-gray Mouse

Taxonomic Notes:

This species was previously regarded as a synonym of Pseudomys apodemoides.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Lamoreux, J.

Evaluator/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Chanson, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Extinct because the species has not been recorded since 1956, despite intensive survey work within its original range.

History:

1996

–

Critically Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was formerly found in Queensland and northern New South Wales in Australia (Dickman 2008).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population [top]

Population:	It is presumed extinct. The species is known only from three specimens, two from Queensland, one from Cryon in northern New South Wales (Dickman 2008). The last record is from 1956. Surveys at Cryon in the early 1990s did not find this species (Dickman 2008).

Population:

It is presumed extinct. The species is known only from three specimens, two from Queensland, one from Cryon in northern New South Wales (Dickman 2008). The last record is from 1956. Surveys at Cryon in the early 1990s did not find this species (Dickman 2008).

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The habitat and ecology of this species is unknown.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It probably went extinct due to a combination of habitat loss and predation, but this is unknown.

Major Threat(s):

It probably went extinct due to a combination of habitat loss and predation, but this is unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures pertaining to this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures pertaining to this species.

Citation:	Lamoreux, J. 2008. Pseudomys glaucus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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