Microhydromys richardsoni

Tate & Archbold, 1941

Northern Groove-toothed Shrew Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Microhydromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R. 1941-01-30. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 31. New rodents and marsupials from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1101:1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170626

Original name as described

Microhydromys richardsoni

Other common names

Richardson's Shrew Mouse

Type material

AMNH M-152079

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-152079

Type locality

"4 kilometers SW. of Bernhard Camp, Idenburg River, Netherlands [= Papua] New Guinea, altitude 850 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003230

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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.

Microhydromys richardsoni

Tate & Archbold, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-152079

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-152079

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate & Archbold (1941:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11046)
  2. Tate (1951:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  3. Laurie & Hill (1954:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48002425/22459257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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