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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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
rawlinnae Troughton, 1932
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