Coccymys ruemmleri

(Tate & Archbold, 1941)

Rümmler's 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 : Coccymys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R. 1941-01-30. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 31. New rodents and marsupials from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1101:1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170626

Original name as described

Pogonomelomys rümmleri

Other common names

Rümmler's Coccymys · Rümmler's Mouse

Type material

AMNH M-150669

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-150669

Type locality

"Lake Habbema, north slope of Mt. Wilhelmina, [Snow Mountains, Papua Province,] Netherlands New Guinea, altitude 3225 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. shawmayeri

Taxonomy notes citation

Musser, G. G., & Lunde, D. P. (2009). Systematic reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and "Melomys" albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of new taxa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 329, 1-139.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003168

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.

Pogonomelomys rümmleri

(Tate & Archbold, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ruemmleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-150669

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-150669

Authority page

6

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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 (1982:541, 542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Coccymys ruemmleri

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

ruemmleri

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 (2017:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112464492/123796403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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