Gyomys pumilus 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

Gyomys pumilus Troughton, 1936b

Mem. Qld. Mus. 11(1): 16. (17 April 1936).

Common name. Delicate Mouse.

Current name. Pseudomys delicatulus pumilus (Troughton, 1936b) , following Ford (2008). Recent authors either recognize this taxon as a subspecies of P. delicatulus , or as a synonym of P. delicatulus delicatulus ( Gould, 1842) . Subspecies within P. delicatulus are not recognized by Jackson & Groves (2015) who indicate the need for further taxonomic work on the group.

Holotype. M.6032 by original designation. Female, skull, study skin, palate in alc., collected in October 1924 by Anthony Musgrave, registered on 4 October 1935.

Condition. Cranium has fracture in the posterior end of the left zygomatic arch; right dentary missing coronoid and angular processes; left dentary complete. Study skin with bald patch on right flank and missing tail tip.

Type locality. Byfield, 25 miles north of Yeppoon, Qld, Australia.

Paratype. M.6033 by original designation. Female, skull in alc., dentaries not located, body in alc.; other data as per holotype.

Comments. The type series consists of the two adult specimens, with registration numbers of both cited by Troughton. The AM Collection holds the following associated material in alc: M.46707, female juvenile of M.6033, M.33929, male juvenile of M.6033 .