Pseudomys novaehollandiae Waterhouse, 1843:146
Pookila (Ngarigu), New Holland mouse, New Holland false-mouse, New Holland field mouse, Waterhouse's mouse (Gray, 1843:112)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Gyomys novaehollandiae Waterhouse, 1843; Gyomys novae-hollandiae Waterhouse, 1843 [used by Brazenor, 1950:63; Wakefield, 1960:235, 236]; Mus Novæ Hollandiæ Waterhouse, 1843:146
Conservation Status
Last record: 1887
Rediscovered in 1967 (c.6 December)
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
The species has not been recorded in Tasmanian "since about 2000" (Jones et al., 2023).
Distribution
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania & Victoria, Australia
Type locality: "Yarrundi, Upper Hunter River (as Upper Hunter), N.S.W." (Mahoney & Richardson, 1988:178)
Biology & Ecology
"Ecology: temperate, coastal, nocturnal, (gregarious), open forest, open heath, terrestrial, burrowing, folivore, granivore, florivore, frugivore, predator."
(Mahoney & Richardson, 1988:178)
Hypodigm
Lectotype: BMNH 43.2.24.1 (skin) / BMNH 43.2.24.2 (skull) (designated by Thomas, 1921; Mahoney & Richardson, 1988:178)
Other specimens:
ABTC08140 (Roycroft et al., 2021, 2022)
ABTC08175 (Roycroft et al., 2021, 2022)
MV C22127 (Roycroft et al., 2021)
QM JM11904 (Roycroft et al., 2021)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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