Distribution. New Guinea, mainland Australia (mainly peripheral but extending farthest inland in mesic E & SE, and along Cooper Creek to terminate in ephemeral lakes of Lake Eyre Basin), and Tasmania; also present on many islands and archipelagos, including Obi, Waigeo, Biak, Yapen, Kai, Aru, Kiriwina, Goodenough, Fergusson, Normanby, Bernier, Dorre, Barrow, Bathurst, Melville, Wessel, Inglis, Groote Eylandt, Pellew, Mornington, Dunk, Palm, Whitsunday, Dent, Fraser, North Stradbroke, South Stradbroke, Flinders, and Bruny. in Muridae

Distribution. New Guinea, mainland Australia (mainly peripheral but extending farthest inland in mesic E & SE, and along Cooper Creek to terminate in ephemeral lakes of Lake Eyre Basin), and Tasmania; also present on many islands and archipelagos, including Obi, Waigeo, Biak, Yapen, Kai, Aru, Kiriwina, Goodenough, Fergusson, Normanby, Bernier, Dorre, Barrow, Bathurst, Melville, Wessel, Inglis, Groote Eylandt, Pellew, Mornington, Dunk, Palm, Whitsunday, Dent, Fraser, North Stradbroke, South Stradbroke, Flinders, and Bruny.