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SPECIES Pseudomys gouldii

Author:Waterhouse, 1839.
Citation:Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Beagle,", Mammalia(2): 67.
Common Name:Gould’s Pseudomys
Type Locality:Australia, New South Wales, north of Hunter River (as restricted by Thomas’ lectotype designation; see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:175).
Distribution:Australia; range based on Recent and subfossil specimens includes E South Australia and New South Wales (Dixon, 1995e); 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.
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct.
Comments: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 (1995e).
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    rawlinnae Troughton, 1932

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