Pseudomys novaehollandiae (Waterhouse, 1843) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842:146 [1843].

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, upper Hunter River, Yarrundi .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; Coastal region of E New South Wales, S Victoria, and N Tasmania (see map in Watts and Aslin, 1981:193).

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered.

COMMENTS: External, cranial, and dental morphology, along with electrophoretic data and spermatozoal anatomy, pointed to a close relationship between P. novaehollandiae and P. pilligaensis (Briscoe et al., 1981; Breed, 1983).