Crossomys moncktoni

O. Thomas, 1907

Earless New Guinea Water Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1907-07-01. On three new mammals from British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(115):70-74.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253940

Original name as described

Crossomys moncktoni

Other common names

Earless Water Rat · Papuan Earless Water Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.5.22.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/102510dd-272a-4563-b60e-5685892c5c2d

Type locality

"Serigina, Brown River, N.E. British New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea]. Altitude ‘not less than 4500 feet' [= 1372 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003175

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.

Crossomys moncktoni

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

moncktoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.5.22.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/102510dd-272a-4563-b60e-5685892c5c2d

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253940

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5679/115079540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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