Parahydromys asper

(O. Thomas, 1906)

New Guinea Waterside 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 : Parahydromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1906-03-01. New mammals from the Australian region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(99):324-332.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245544

Original name as described

Limnomys asper

Other common names

Coarse-haired Water Rat · Waterside Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.4.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4529ddc9-d8de-4a31-9740-6cb2b3728b6b

Type locality

"Mount Gayata, Richardson Range, British New Guinea [= Central Province, Papua, New Guinea]. Alt. 2000–4000' [= 610–1219 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003243

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.

Limnomys asper

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

asper

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.4.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4529ddc9-d8de-4a31-9740-6cb2b3728b6b

Authority page

326

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245544

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Parahydromys asper

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

asper

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Musser & Carleton (1993:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16114/22460300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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