Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe, 1980

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 370

Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe, 1980

Aust. Mammal. 3(1–2): 112, figs 1a, 2; tables 1, 3. See Errata Aust. Mammal. 4(2). (cover date May 1980).

Common name. Pilliga Mouse.

Current name. Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe,1980 ; following Musser & Carleton (2005). Taxonomic status needs clarification: Pilliga populations are thought to be the product of past hybridization between P. delicatulus ( Gould, 1842) and P. novaehollandiae ( Waterhouse, 1843) and P. pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe is sometimes treated as a junior synonym of P. delicatulus pumilus (e.g., Ford, 2008). Jackson & Groves (2015) treated it as a synonym of P. delicatulus but flagged the need for further taxonomic work.

Holotype. M.11263 , by original designation. Male adult, Field no. BF791102, skull, study skin, collected by D. Briscoe, B. Fox, E. Rolls and M. Rolls. Trapped on 21 November 1979 and registered on 27 February 1980.

Condition. Cranium complete; both dentaries have holes in the angular processes. Study skin: missing both ears, otherwise complete.

Type locality. Cumberdeen Rd. , 3 km W of the Pilliga to Baradine Rd., Merriwindi State Forest ([30]°52' S 148°59' E), NSW. Latitude of 31° erroneously given in original description .

Paratypes. (3, by original designation). M.10438, female, skull, body in alc., Timmallallie Ck bed, 200 m W of Newell Hwy, Pilliga Nature Reserve, (30°52' S 149°27' E), collected by A. B. Rose, 14 July 1976 . M.10602, female, body in alc., head damaged, Keelimore Rd. , [20 km] S of Cuttabri (30°32' S 149°07' E), Pilliga East State Forest, NSW, collected by F. Shlager during July 1977 . M.11264 , female, skull, collected at the same locality as the holotype, by M. Rolls and E. Rolls, 18 January 1978 .

Comments. Type series of five specimens, one paratype in SAM. Some recent authorities treat this taxon as a synonym of P. delicatulus (e.g., Burbidge et. al., 2014; Jackson & Groves, 2015), based on the conclusions of Ford (2003, 2008).

Pseudomys (Pseudomys) rawlinnae Troughton, 1932c

Rec. Aust. Mus . 18(6): 289. (20 April 1932).

Common name. Gould’s Mouse.

Current name. Pseudomys gouldii ( Waterhouse, 1839) , following Jackson & Groves (2015).

Holotype. M.4642, by original designation. Male adult, skull, study skin. Donated by Mr A. S. Le Souef, registered 12 August 1929.

Condition. Incomplete cranium, missing jugal bone from both zygomatic arches, posterolateral braincase wall detached; auditory capsules detached. Right dentary missing angular process; left dentary complete. Study skin, missing tail tip.

Type locality. Rawlinna, Trans-Australian Railway, Western Australia.

Paratype. M.4643 by subsequent designation, probably young adult female, body in alc., same locality and registration details as holotype.

Comments. Apparently based on two specimens for which registration numbers are cited in the original account. Although Troughton does not refer to M.4643 as a paratype in his published account, it is annotated as such in red ink in Troughton’s hand in the M Register. The paratype is given as an “immature male” in Troughton’s description, but is listed as a “young adult female” by him in the M Register; the latter appears to be correct.