Pseudomys desertor Troughton, 1932 . Rec. Aust. Mus., 18:293.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, "Central Australia " (see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:174) .

DISTRIBUTION: Arid regions of Australia; Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:174).

SYNONYMS: murrayensis, subrufus.

COMMENTS: Spermatozoal morphology similar to P. australis and many other species of Pseudomys (Breed, 1983) . Both names listed above are unused senior synonyms of desertor and should not be used (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 174).