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. Ueber die Schwimmratten (Hydromyinae) zugleich beschreibung einer neuen Leptomys Thos., L. ernstmayri sp. n. aus Neu-Guinea. Aquarium Berlin 1932:131-135.
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
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