Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox and Briscoe 1980
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Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox and Briscoe 1980 |
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Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox and Briscoe 1980
Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox and Briscoe 1980 , Aust. Mammal., 3: 112.
Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Merriwindi State Forest, 3 km west of Pilliga-Baradine Road., Cumberdeen Road ( Fox and Briscoe, 1980, provided additional information).
Vernacular Names: Pilliga Pseudomys.
Distribution: Australia, N New South Wales, collected from a few localities within the Pilliga Scrub ( Fox and Briscoe, 1980:119).
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: Chromosomal morphology described by Fox and Briscoe (1980). Morphological and electrophoretic data supported a close phylogenetic relationship of P. pilligaensis to P. delicatulus and P. novaehollandiae ( Briscoe et al., 1981) , which was reinforced by spermatozoal morphology (Breed, 1983). Reviewed by Fox (1995 b). Recent DNA sequencing studies by F. Ford reveal a complex mosaic of delicatulus and novaehollandiae genotypes and phenotypes within the geographic area occupied by ‘ pillagaensis,’ raising the distinct possibility that the latter ‘taxon’ actually identifies a zone of hybrid interaction between delicatulus and novaehollandiae (F. Ford, in litt., 2004).
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