Blue-gray mouse
| Blue-grey mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Pseudomys |
| Species: | †P. glaucus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudomys glaucus Thomas, 1910
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The blue-gray mouse (Pseudomys glaucus) is an Australian rodent species that is only known by a few specimens found in
Eastern Australia
, and since presumed to have become extinct.
Taxonomy
The species was described by
Cryon
in New South Wales.
Description
A species of Pseudomys, these Australian rodents resembled the familiar house mouse (Mus musculus). The body of P. glaucus was robust with fine and dense fur, white at the underside and a pale blue-grey colour over the upperparts of the fur. The measurement of each of the three known specimens was 95 millimetres for the head and body combined, with a white-haired tail that was slightly longer (100 mm.) The weight range was 25 to 30 grams.[3]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas, O. (1910). "New Australian Muridae of the genus Pseudomys". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8 (6). Taylor and Francis, Ltd.: 607–610 [608].
- ISBN 9780195573954.