Mirzamys norahae

K. M. Helgen & L. E. Helgen, 2009

Mirza's Eastern Moss 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 : Mirzamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Helgen, K.M. and Helgen, L.E. 2009-12-15. Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: A taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:230-313.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1206/582-8.1

Original name as described

Mirzamys norahae

Type material

WAM M21459

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"immediate vicinity of Porgera (05°28'S, 143°05'E, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea ...), 2650 m."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

recently described genus and species

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M., & Helgen, L. E. (2009). Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: a taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 331, 230-313.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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