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Plains rat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1762835

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Endemic to
mainland Australia[5]
IUCN conservation status
vulnerable[3]
Longest observed lifespan
+7.9[12]
P14516
vulnerable[14]
Parent taxon
Pseudomys[4]
Taxon author citation
J.E. Gray, 1832[13]
Taxon common name
Plains mouse, Plains Mouse, Plains Rat, Plains Pseudomys, Eyre-Maus[7][8][9][10][11]
Taxon name
Pseudomys australis[6]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Plains mouse en Plains rat en Pseudomys australis cs myška jihoaustralská cs Pseudomys australis de Eyre-Maus fr Rat des plaines ko 평원쥐 pl Pseudomysz wschodnia zh 平原伪鼠
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pseudomys australis 01 Pengo.jpg ↗
ARKive ID (archived)
pseudomys-australis, plains-mouse/pseudomys-australis
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1003279
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Pseudomys_australis
Catalogue of Life ID
4P4HQ
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1179335
Freebase ID
/m/02r8m9c
GBIF taxon ID
5219792
INaturalist taxon ID
45205
IRMNG ID
11269897
ITIS TSN
585487
IUCN taxon ID
75927871
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MSW ID
13001705
NCBI taxonomy ID
187268
Observation.org taxon ID
86903
Queensland Biota ID
746
Species Profile and Threats Database ID
108
Xeno-canto species ID
Pseudomys-australis

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🔗 Connections
Endemic to 1
mainland Australia
IUCN conservation status 1
vulnerable
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Pseudomys
Taxon rank 1
species
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Plains rat is a taxon[1].

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  1. 8w ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Pseudomys
    Instance of → taxon
    Longest observed lifespan → {'amount': '+7.9'}
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14516: vulnerable, Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
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