Species Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart, 1897)

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Species Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart, 1897)

Long-tailed Mouse

Mus (Epimys) higginsi Trouessart, E.-L. 1897. Catalogus Mammalium tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Nova editio (Prima completa). Tom. 1. Fasc. III. Rodentia II. (Myomorpha, Hystrichomorpha, Lagomorpha.). Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn pp. 453-664. [473] [nom. nov. for Mus leucopus Higgins & Petterd, 1883].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Mus leucopus Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1883. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Antechini and Muridae inhabiting Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 171-176 1 pl. [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [174] [junior homonym of Musculus leucopus Rafinesque, 1818].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (not preserved, see Lord, C.E. 1918. Notes on the mammals of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1918: 16–52 [25–26] and Lord, C.E. & Scott, H.H. 1924. A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania. Hobart : Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 340 pp. 41 pls [300, 304]; the holotype is identified in the original description as a female, but Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. (1884). loc. cit. call it a male), Kentishbury, TAS.
Type locality references:
Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. New species of Tasmanian Antechini and Mus. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 184-186 [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [186].

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] [177]

Generic Combinations

Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart, 1897).

Distribution

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Tasmania

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IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)