Gyomys berneyi Troughton, 1936b

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 : 350

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scientific name	Gyomys berneyi Troughton, 1936b
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Mem. Qld. Mus. 11(1): 15. (17 April 1936).

Common name. Central Short-tailed Mouse.

Current name. Leggadina forresti ( Thomas, 1906a) , following Jackson & Groves (2015), currently no subspecies recognized.

Holotype. M.6000 by original designation. Male, [Field no. 44], skull, study skin, registered September 1935, presented by F. Berney.

Condition. Cranium in good condition, both auditory bullae damaged, skull otherwise complete. Both dentaries complete except left dentary missing coronoid process. Study skin with bald patches on both flanks, tail tip is almost detached.

Type locality. “Barcarolle Station, 135 miles south of Longreach”, Qld (Troughton, 1936b). Troughton subsequently (1965b: 318) states that Barcarolle Station is on the Thompson River.

Paratypes. (3, by original designation): details as for holotype: M.6001, female, skull, study skin; M.6002, male, skull, study skin; M.6003, male, body in alc.

Comments. Troughton cites registration numbers for the holotype and the three paratypes lodged in the AM, and states that the remaining six paratypes were in the QM. In his original description, Troughton (1936b: 14) indicates that the type series was stored for several years in formalin by the collector .