Hydromys hussoni

Musser & Piik, 1982

Husson's 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 : Hydromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G. and Piik, E. 1982. A new species of Hydromys (Muridae) from western New Guinea (Irian Jaya). Zoologische Mededelingen 56(13):153-167.

Authority publication link

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318530

Original name as described

Hydromys hussoni

Other common names

Husson's Hydromys · Western Hydromys · Western Water Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.29140.a, RMNH.MAM.29140.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29140.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29140.b

Type locality

"Enaratoli (3°55'40"S, 136°22'6"E), 1765 m, on the east side of Paniai Lake [formerly Wissel Lakes]," Papua Province, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003180

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.

Hydromys hussoni

Musser & Piik, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

hussoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.29140.a, RMNH.MAM.29140.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29140.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29140.b

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Zoologische Mededelingen

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10312/22401886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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