Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 645

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scientific name	Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842)
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Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842) View in CoL . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842:13.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Northern Territory, Port Essington .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; N coastal region from near Port Hedland in Western Australia to Bundaberg area in Queensland (see map in Watts and Aslin, 1981:188). SC Papu New Guinea, Morehead region on the trans-Fly plains ( Waithman, 1979).

SYNONYMS: mimulus , pumilus .

COMMENTS: Electrophoretic data and spermatozoal morphology supported a close relationship between P. delicatulus , P. novaehollandiae , and P. pilligaensis (Breed, 1983; Briscoe et al., 1981).