Leptomys ernstmayri

H. Rümmler, 1932

Ernst Mayr'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 : Leptomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rümmler, H. 1932. Über die Schwimmratten (Hydromyinae). Zugleich Beschreibung einer neuen Leptomys Thos., L. ernstmayri sp. n. aus Neu-Guinea. Das Aquarium 1932:131-134.

Original name as described

Leptomys ernstmayri

Other common names

Ernst Mayr's Leptomys

Type material

ZMB 42400

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ogeramnang, Saruwaged Mountains, 1785 m, Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, NE (Papua) New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003191

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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 ernstmayri

H. Rümmler, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

ernstmayri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 42400

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

134

Authority publication

Das Aquarium

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11692/22430490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leptomys elegans ernstmayri

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

ernstmayri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

223

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

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