Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Pseudomys delicatulus (Gould, 1842) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842:13 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , Northern Territory , Port Essington . DISTRIBUTION: Australia ; N coastal region from near Port Hedland in Western Australia to Bundaberg area in Queensland (see map in Watts and Aslin, 1981:188 ). SC Papu New Guinea , Morehead region on the trans-Fly plains ( Waithman, 1979 ). SYNONYMS: mimulus , pumilus . COMMENTS: Electrophoretic data and spermatozoal morphology supported a close relationship between P. delicatulus , P. novaehollandiae , and P. pilligaensis (Breed, 1983; Briscoe et al., 1981 ).