Pseudomys gouldii Waterhouse 1839

Pseudomys gouldii Waterhouse 1839, Zool. Voy. H. M. S. "Beagle", Mammalia, 2: 67.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, north of Hunter River (as restricted by Thomas’ lectotype designation; see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:175).

Vernacular Names: Gould's Pseudomys.

Synonyms: Pseudomys rawlinnae Troughton 1932 .

Distribution: Australia; range based on Recent and subfossil specimens includes E South Australia and New South Wales (Dixon, 1995 e); subfossils of either P. gouldii or P. fieldi (the two are difficult to distinguish) are from localities widespread across South Australia (Robinson et al., 2000.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: For full citation and other information see Mahoney and Richardson (1988:175). Apparently extinct (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:175); no live animals seen or collected since the middle 1850s (Watts and Aslin, 1981:169). Phallic morphology indicated gouldii is clustered with P. australis, P. higginsi, and P. nanus (Lidicker and Brylski, 1987) . Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Dixon (1995 e).