Pilliga Pseudomys
Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe, 1980
First described in: Aust. Mamm. vol.3 p.112
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
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).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Australia, N New South Wales, collected from a few localities within the Pilliga Scrub (Fox and Briscoe, 1980: 119).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
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).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
description
Common name. Pilliga Mouse. Current name. Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe, 1980; following Musser & Carleton (2005). Taxonomic status needs clarification: Pilliga populations are thought to be the product of past hybridization between P. delicatulus (Gould, 1842) and P. novaehollandiae (Waterhouse, 1843) and P. pilligaensis Fox & Briscoe is sometimes treated as a junior synonym of P. delicatulus pumilus (e. g., Ford, 2008). Jackson & Groves (2015) treated it as a synonym of P. delicatulus but flagged the need for further taxonomic work.
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pseudomys pilligaensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219808.