LIST OF AVSTEALASIAN AND AUSTEO-PACIFIC MU RID AE.— LONGMAN. 31 



Genus PSEUD OMYS Gray. 



This genus is confined to Australia and Tasmania. Oldfield Thomas divides 

 it into four sub-genera : Pseudomys {sensu stricto), Thetomys, Leggadina, and Gyomys. 

 For purposes of convenience trinomials are not here used. 



Subgenus PSEUDOMYS, Thomas. 

 Pseudomys australis. Gray. 



1832. — Pseudomys australis, Gray, P.Z.S., p. 39. 



1910. — Pseudomys australis, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 605. 



Probably includes Hapalotis murinus, Gould, to which the following references 

 may be noted : — Gould, P.Z.S., 1845, p. 78 (nee Mamm. Austr., pi. vii) ; Conilurus 

 murinus, Ogilby, Cat. Austr. Mamm., 1892, p. 118 ; Pseudomys murinus " (probably 

 = australis),'' Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, 1910, p. 606. 



Type locaUty : Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. 



Pseudomys auritus, Thomas. 



1910. — Pseudomys auritus, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 607. 



This was included by Gould in his murinus, and is the subject of plate vii, Mamm. 

 Austr., iii, 1863. 



Type locaUty : Lake Albert, South AustraUa. 



Pseudomys higginsi, Troues. 



1882. — Mus leucopus, Higgins & Petterd, Pr. Roy. Soc. Tas., p. 174, with 

 plate, fig. 4, 4a. 



1892. — Mus leucopus, Ogilby, Cat. Austr. Mamm., p. 111. 



1904. — Mus higginsi, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. 



1906. — Mus higginsi, Thomas, P.Z.S., p. 766. 



1910. — Pseudomys higginsi, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 606. 



Habitat : Northern Tasmania. 



Pseudomys shortridgei, Thomas. 



1906. — Mus shortridgei, Thomas, P.Z.S., p. 765. 



1910. — Pseudomys shortridgei, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 606. 



Habitat : Bernier Island, Western Australia. 



Pseudomys lineolatus, Gould. 



1845. — Mus lineolatus, Gould, P.Z.S., p. 77. 

 1863. — Mus lineolatus, Gould, Mamm. Austr., iii, pi. xviii. 

 1892. — Mus lineolatus, Ogilby, Cat. Austr. Mamm., p. 105. 

 1910. — Pseudomys lineolatus, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 606. 

 Habitat : Darling Downs. 



