Species Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842)
Delicate Mouse
- Mus delicatulus Gould, J. 1842. On some new species of Australian mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 10-14 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [438]] [13].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 42.5.26.17 skin & skull, Port Essington, NT. - Pseudomys (Leggadina) delicatulus mimulus Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [634].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 26.3.11.174 ♀ skin (skull not found in BMNH), Groote Eylandt, NT 10 ft (altitude from skin label). - Gyomys pumilus Troughton, E. le G. 1936. Descriptions of new rats and mice from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 14-22 [16].
Type data:
Holotype AM M6032 ♀ skin & skull, Byfield, N of Yeppoon, QLD. - Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox, B.J. & Briscoe, D.A. 1980. Pseudomys pilligaensis, a new species of murid rodent from the Pilliga Scrub, Northern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 3: 109-126 [112].
Type data:
Holotype AM M11263 ♂ skin & skull, Cumberdeen Road, 3 km W of the Pilliga-Baradine Road, Merriwindi State Forest, NSW [31°52'S 148°59'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [204] (discussion on synonyms)
Generic Combinations
- Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842).
- Pseudomys delicatulus pumilus (Troughton, 1936).
Introduction
Mahoney (1988: 173) listed synonyms, rather than subspecies. See Jackson & Groves (2015) for most recent discussion on taxonomic history and lack of subspecies recognition.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also Groote Eylandt and Sir Edward Pellew Group
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
- Papua New Guinea
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, coastal, granivore, open forest, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.
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
Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S. & Hogarth, J.T. 1977. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents I. The Pseudomyinae, the Hydromyinae and the Uromys/Melomys Group. Chromosoma (Berlin) 61: 95-125
Braithwaite, R.W. 1989. Shelter selection by a small mammal community in the wet-dry tropics of Australia. Australian Mammalogy 12: 55-59
Braithwaite, R.W. & Brady, P. 1993. The delicate mouse, Pseudomys delicatulus: a continuous breeder waiting for the good times. Australian Mammalogy 16: 93-96
Braithwaite, R.W. & Covacevich, J. 1995. Delicate Mouse Pseudomys delicatulus. pp. 592-593 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
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
Breed, W.G. 1997. Interspecific variation of testis size and epididymal sperm numbers in Australasian rodents with special reference to the genus Notomys. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 651-669
Briscoe, D.A., Fox, B.J. & Ingleby, S. 1981. Genetic differentiation between Pseudomys pilligaensis and related Pseudomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Mammalogy 4: 89-92
Cooper, N.K. 1993. Identification of Pseudomys chapmani, P. hermannsburgensis, P. delicatulus and Mus musculus using footpad patterns. Western Australian Naturalist 19: 69-73
Fox, B.J. 1995. Pilliga Mouse Pseudomys pilligaensis. pp. 616-617 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
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] [173]
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
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.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Delicate Mouse)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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04-Feb-2023 | MURIDAE | 18-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
04-Feb-2023 | 10-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
10-Dec-2010 | 08-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |