Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox and Briscoe 1980 Pseudomys pilligaensis Fox and Briscoe 1980 , Aust . Mammal., 3: 112 . 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). Vernacular Names: Pilliga Pseudomys . Distribution: Australia , N New South Wales , collected from a few localities within the Pilliga Scrub ( Fox and Briscoe, 1980:119 ). Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. 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).