Coccymys shawmayeri

(Hinton, 1943)

Central Cordillera 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

Authority citation

Hinton, M.A.C. 1943-09-01. Preliminary diagnoses of five new murine rodents from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10(68):552-557.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1943.9728040

Original name as described

Rattus shawmayeri

Other common names

Shaw Mayer's Coccymys · Shaw Mayer's Brush Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1155

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d1018001-de86-479c-8928-add26f2cb82f

Type locality

"Baiyanka, Purari-Ramu Divide, [Eastern Highlands Province], northeast [Papua] New Guinea, 8000 ft. [= 2438 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

split from C. ruemmleri

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/1003169

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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.

Rattus shawmayeri

(Hinton, 1943)

Family

Muridae

Root name

shawmayeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1155

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d1018001-de86-479c-8928-add26f2cb82f

Authority page

556

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Coccymys shawmayeri

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

shawmayeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

683

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112393452/112393495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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