Abeomelomys sevia

(Tate & Archbold, 1935)

Papuan Highland Brush Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Abeomelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R. 1935-05-18. Twelve apparently new forms of Muridae (other than Rattus) from the Indo-Australian Region. American Museum Novitates 803:1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169857

Original name as described

Melomys sevia

Other common names

Highland Brush Mouse · Highland Pogonomelomys · Menzies's Mouse · Papuan Abeomelomys

Type material

AMNH M-79755

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-79755

Type locality

"Sevia, Cromwell Range, Huon Peninsula, Mandated Territory of New Guinea [= Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea]; 1400 m."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003127

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Melomys sevia

(Tate & Archbold, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

sevia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-79755

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-79755

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Pogonomelomys tatei

(Hinton, 1943)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tatei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

554

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pogonomelomys sevia

(Tate, 1951)

Family

Muridae

Root name

sevia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Pogonomelomys sevia tatei

(Tate, 1951)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tatei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Abeomelomys sevia

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

sevia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17879/22402392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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