THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Muridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lesser Sand RatPsammomys vexillaris Thomas, 1925 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bishop Moss-mousePseudohydromys berniceae Helgen & L. Helgen, 2009 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Huon Small-toothed Moss-mousePseudohydromys carlae Helgen & L. Helgen, 2009 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shaw Mayer's Shrew MousePseudohydromys ellermani (Laurie & Hill, 1954) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottled-tailed Shrew MousePseudohydromys fuscus (Laurie, 1952) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pseudohydromys germani (Helgen, 2005) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern New Guinea Shrew MousePseudohydromys murinus Rümmler, 1934 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Torricelli Mountains Shrew MousePseudohydromys musseri (Flannery, 1989) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western New Guinea Shrew MousePseudohydromys occidentalis Tate, 1951 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woolley's Moss-mousePseudohydromys patriciae Helgen & L. Helgen, 2009 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Small-toothed Moss-mousePseudohydromys pumehanae Helgen & L. Helgen, 2009 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Moss-mousePseudohydromys sandrae Helgen & L. Helgen, 2009 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ash-gray PseudomysPseudomys albocinereus (Gould, 1845) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silky PseudomysPseudomys apodemoides Finlayson, 1932 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plains PseudomysPseudomys australis Gray, 1832 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bolam's PseudomysPseudomys bolami Troughton, 1932 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kakadu Pebble-mound PseudomysPseudomys calabyi Kitchener & Humphreys, 1987 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Pebble-mound MousePseudomys chapmani Kitchener, 1980 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert PseudomysPseudomys desertor Troughton, 1932 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shark Bay PseudomysPseudomys fieldi (Waite, 1896) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Smoky PseudomysPseudomys fumeus Brazenor, 1934 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-gray PseudomysPseudomys glaucus Thomas, 1910 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gould's PseudomysPseudomys gouldii (Waterhouse, 1839) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Chestnut PseudomysPseudomys gracilicaudatus (Gould, 1845) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandy Inland PseudomysPseudomys hermannsburgensis (Waite, 1896) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed PseudomysPseudomys higginsi (Trouessart, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Pebble-mound PseudomysPseudomys johnsoni Kitchener, 1985 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kimberley PseudomysPseudomys laborifex Kitchener & Humphreys, 1986 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Chestnut PseudomysPseudomys nanus (Gould, 1858) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Holland PseudomysPseudomys novaehollandiae (Waterhouse, 1843) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western PseudomysPseudomys occidentalis Tate, 1951 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hastings River PseudomysPseudomys oralis Thomas, 1921 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Pebble-mound PseudomysPseudomys patrius (Thomas & Dollman, 1909) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pilliga PseudomysPseudomys pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe, 1980 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heath PseudomysPseudomys shortridgei (Thomas, 1907) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burnished Enggano RatRattus adustus Sody, 1940 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese Forest RatRattus andamanensis (Blyth, 1860) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Annandale's Sundaic RatRattus annandalei (Bonhote, 1903) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vogelkop Mountain RatRattus arfakiensis Rümmler, 1935 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ricefield RatRattus argentiventer (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western New Guinea Mountain RatRattus arrogans (Thomas, 1922) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kinabalu RatRattus baluensis (Thomas, 1894) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aceh RatRattus blangorum Miller, 1942 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southwestern Xanthurus RatRattus bontanus Thomas, 1921 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nicobar Archipelago RatRattus burrus (Miller, 1902) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian Dusky RatRattus colletti (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sula Archipelago RatRattus elaphinus Sody, 1941 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enggano Island RatRattus enganus (Miller, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Forest RatRattus everetti (Günther, 1879) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little RatRattus exulans (Peale, 1848) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.