Pseudomys minnie flavescens 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 : 370

Pseudomys minnie flavescens Troughton, 1936b

Mem. Qld. Mus. 11(1): 19. (17 April 1936).

Common name. Plains Mouse.

Current name. Pseudomys australis J. Gray, 1832 ; following Jackson & Groves (2015).

Holotype. M.6004, by original designation. Male, [Field no. 37], skull, study skin, registered September 1935, presented by F. L. Berney.

Condition. Cranium has holes in left temporal bone and left bulla, fractured right zygomatic arch. Right dentary missing angular process; left dentary complete. Study skin: bald patch on right side of abdomen, bald patch on dorsal surface, mid back.

Type locality. “Barcarolle Station, 135 miles south of Longreach”, Qld (Troughton, 1936b). Troughton subsequently (1965b: 318) stated that Barcarolle Station is on the Thompson River.

Paratypes. (2, by original designation). Details as per holotype: M.6005, female, skull, study skin; M.6006, male, body in alc.

Comments. Type series stated to be seven specimens, including four paratypes in the QM. Troughton cited registration numbers of the Australian Museum specimens, and notes that the type series was stored in formalin for several years by the collector.