Leptomys elegans

O. Thomas, 1897

Elegant 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 : Leptomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1897-12-14. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XIX. On the mammals obtained in British New Guinea by Dr. Lamberto Loria. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 38:606-622.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785832

Original name as described

Leptomys elegans

Other common names

Elegant Leptomys · Large Leptomys · Long-footed Rat · Long-footed Water Rat

Type material

MSNG 32988

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"British [= Papua] New Guinea — exact locality not known."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003190

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.

Leptomys elegans

O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG 32988

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785832

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11691/115103866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leptomys elegans elegans

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

223

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

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