Pseudomys higginsi australiensis Wakefield, 1972:21
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Now considered a synonym of the nominate (Jackson & Groves, 2015:206), rendering the species monotypic.
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Wakefield, 1972b)
IUCN RedList status: not applicable
Distribution
"Pyramids Cave (lat. 37°27', long. 148° 13') near Buchan, E. Vict." (Wakefield, 1972:21)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wakefield, Norman Arthur. (1972a). Studies in Australian Muridae: review of Mastacomys fuscus, and description of a new subspecies of Pseudomys higginsi. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 33: 15-31.
Other references:
Driessen, Michael M. and Rose, Robert K. (1999). Pseudomys higginsi. Mammalian Species 623: 1-5, 3 figs.
Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 206]
Musser, Guy G. and Carleton, Michael D. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea, pp. 894-1531. In: Wilson, Don E. and Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Wakefield, Norman A. (1972b). Palaeoecology of fossil mammal assemblages for some Australian caves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 85(1): 1-26.
Watts, Christopher H. S. and Aslin, H. J. (1981). The Rodents of Australia. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. ix + 321 pp.