Species Leggadina forresti (Thomas, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mus forresti Thomas, O. 1906. in Anon. Abstract (Untitled). Abstracts of Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 32: 6 [Anon., op. cit. is an abstract of Thomas, op. cit.].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 6.3.9.39 ♀ skin & skull, Alexandria Station, NT [about 19°S 137°E].

  Type locality references:

  Thomas, O. 1906. On mammals from northern Australia presented to the National Museum by Sir Wm. Ingram, Bt., and the Hon. John Forrest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 536-543 pl. 37 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [76]] [536, 538].
• Pseudomys (Leggadina) messorius Thomas, O. 1925. A new Australian mouse of the genus Pseudomys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 15: 669-671 [670].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 25.4.9.1 ♂ skin & skull, Melrose (as Melrose, Spencer Gulf), SA.
• Pseudomys (Leggadina) waitei Troughton, E. le G. 1932. On five new rats of the genus Pseudomys. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 287-294 [290].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M5194 ♂ skin & skull, Alice Springs, NT, see AM Register.
• Gyomys berneyi Troughton, E. le G. 1936. Descriptions of new rats and mice from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 14-22 [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M6000 ♂ skin & skull, timbered sand ridge country, Barcarolle Station, 135 miles S of Longreach, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [158]

 

Generic Combinations

• Leggadina forresti (Thomas, 1906).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs
  • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, herbivore, low shrubland, low woodland, rocky desert, sand plain desert, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet not established but known to eat seeds, arthropods and green vegetation.

 

General References

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Cole, S.R. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 289-303

Breed, W.G. 1980. Further observations on spermatozoal morphology and male reproductive tract anatomy of Pseudomys and Notomys species (Mammalia: Rodentia). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104: 51-55

Calver, M.C., King, D.R., Gardner, J.L. & Martin, G.R. 1991. Total food consumption of some native Australian small mammals in the laboratory. Australian Mammalogy 14: 139-141

Cooper, N.K., Adams, M., Anthony, C. & Schmitt, L.H. 2003. Morphological and genetic variation in Leggadina (Thomas, 1910) with special reference to Western Australian populations. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 333-351

Kitchener, D.J., Keller, L.E., Chapman, A., McKenzie, N.L., Start, A.N. & Kenneally, K.F. 1981. Observations on Mammals of the Mitchell Plateau area, Kimberley, Western Australia. pp. 123–169 in, Biological Survey of Mitchell Plateau and Admiralty Gulf, Kimberley, Western Australia. Papers resulting from a joint field expedition to Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley, by the Western Australia Museum, Perth, and the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, U.S.A., 1976–1977. 274 pp.

Morrissey, B.L. & Breed, W.G. 1982. Variation in external morphology of the glans penis of Australian native rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 495-502

Philpott, C.M. & Smyth, D.R. 1967. A contribution to our knowledge of some mammals from inland Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 91: 115-129 pls 1-5

Read, D.G. 1984. Diet and habitat preference of Leggadina forresti (Rodentia: Muridae in western New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 7: 215-217

Reid, J.W.R. & Morton, S.R. 1995. Forrest's Mouse Leggadina forresti. pp. 555-556 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Watts, C.H.S. 1982. Australian hydromyine rodents: maintenance of captive colonies. pp. 180-184 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Forrest's Mouse)

 

History of changes

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