Species Pseudomys desertor Troughton, 1932

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Species Pseudomys desertor Troughton, 1932

Desert Mouse

Pseudomys (Gyomys) desertor Troughton, E. le G. 1932. On five new rats of the genus Pseudomys. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 287-294 [293].
Type data:
Holotype AM M1306 skin (mounted) & skull, 'Central Australia', see AM Register.
Mus subrufus Krefft, G. 1862. The vertebrated animals of the Lower Murray and Darling, their habits, economy, and geographical distribution. The Sydney Morning Herald Vol. 46 no. 7608 24th Oct. 1862. p. 2 cols 1-5 [2, col. 5] [as Mus subrufus murrayensis; Wakefield, N.A. 1966. Mammals of the Blandowski Expedition to north-western Victoria, 1856–57. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. ns 79: 371–391 [387–388] discusses specimens that have names which were applied to them by Krefft in manuscript and which seem to show that they are specimens included by Krefft, G. (1862). loc. cit. in M. subrufus (Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 5 Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [174])].
Type data:

Syntype(s) NMV C147 skin (skull not extracted), between Gol Creek, VIC and Darling River, NSW; NMV C148 skin (skull not extracted), between Gol Creek, VIC and Darling River, NSW; NMV C140 skin & skull, between Gol Creek, VIC and Darling River, NSW; NMV C145 skin & skull, between Gol Creek, VIC and Darling River, NSW.
Secondary source:
Wakefield, N.A. 1966. Mammals of the Blandowski Expedition to north-western Victoria, 1856–57. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 79: 371-391; 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].
Mus subrufus murrayensis Krefft, G. 1862. The vertebrated animals of the Lower Murray and Darling, their habits, economy, and geographical distribution. The Sydney Morning Herald Vol. 46 no. 7608 24th Oct. 1862. p. 2 cols 1-5 [2, col. 5] [Wakefield, N.A. 1966. Mammals of the Blandowski Expedition to north-western Victoria, 1856–57. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. ns 79: 371–391 [387–388] discusses specimens the names of which applied to them by Krefft (in manuscript) seem to show that they are specimens included by Krefft, G. (1852). loc. cit. in M. s. murrayensis (Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 5 Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [174])].
Type data:

Syntype(s) NMV C147 skin, skull not extracted, between Gol Creek, VIC and Darling River, NSW; NMV C148 skin, skull not extracted, between Gol Creek, VIC and Darling River, NSW; NMV C149 skin & skull, between Gol Creek, VIC and Darling River, NSW.
Secondary source:
Wakefield, N.A. 1966. Mammals of the Blandowski Expedition to north-western Victoria, 1856–57. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 79: 371-391; 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].

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] [174] (the specific name is recorded as desertor Troughton, 1932, this being the name in general use for the taxon; subrufus Krefft, 1862, and murrayensis Krefft, 1862 are unused senior synonyms of desertor Troughton, 1932 and neither should be resurrected as a name for the species)

Distribution

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)