Authority citation: Roycroft, E., Ford, F., Ramm, T., Schembri, R., Breed, W.G., Burns, P.A., Rowe, K.C. and Moritz, C. 2024-02-22. Speciation across biomes: Rapid diversification with reproductive isolation in the Australian delicate mice. Molecular Ecology (in press).
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17301
Original name as described: Pseudomys pilbarensis
Nominal names: pilbarensis Roycroft, Breed, & F. Ford in Roycroft, F. Ford, Ramm, Schembri, Breed, P. A. Burns, K. C. Rowe, & Moritz, 2024
Other common names: Western Delicate Mouse|Kalunyja
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Muridae -- Subfamily: Murinae -- Tribe: Hydromyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: WAM M44140
Type locality: "Cape Lambert, Western Australia 20°37'00" S, 117°10'50" E."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Australia (AUS)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Roycroft, E., Ford, F., Ramm, T., Schembri, R., Breed, W. G., Burns, P. A., ... & Moritz, C. (2024). Speciation across biomes: Rapid diversification with reproductive isolation in the Australian delicate mice. Molecular Ecology, e17301.
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