Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842:13.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Northern Territory, Port Essington .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Australia; S.C. New Guinea.

COMMENT: Includes patria and pumilus; see Ride, 1970:247, and Fox and Briscoe, 1980, Aust. Mammal., 3(2): 123. Formerly included in Leggadina by Watts, 1976, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 100:105- 108; see Baverstock et al., 1976, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 100:109- 112, and Fox and Briscoe, 1980, Aust. Mammal., 3(2): 109-126. See Waithman, 1979, Aust. Zool., 20:313-326, for discussion of distribution.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011057003001 as Leggadina delicatulus .