Species Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842)

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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

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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