Leptomys signatus

Tate & Archbold, 1938

Fly River 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

Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R. 1938-05-12. Two new Muridae from the Western Division of Papua. American Museum Novitates 982:1-2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169837

Original name as described

Leptomys signatus

Other common names

Fly River Leptomys

Type material

AMNH M-105792

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-105792

Type locality

"Sturt Island Camp, Fly River (n. bank), near Fairfax Islands, Western Division, Papua [New Guinea]; sea level."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003193

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 signatus

Tate & Archbold, 1938

Family

Muridae

Root name

signatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-105792

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-105792

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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 (2017:689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11693/22430400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leptomys elegans signatus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

signatus

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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