as a subspecies of P. laborifex, but later recognized as a distinct species.
*Eastern pebble-mound mouse (Pseudomys patrius), eastern Queensland, first described in 1909. It was associated with the delicate mouse (Pseudomys delicatulus) for many decades and recognized as a pebble-mound mouse only in 1991.

Pebble-mound mice are currently classified within the genus Pseudomys,