Paraleptomys rufilatus

Osgood, 1945

Northern 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 : Paraleptomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1945-09-19. A new rodent from Dutch New Guinea. Fieldiana Zoology 31(1):1-2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4236298

Original name as described

Paraleptomys rufilatus

Other common names

Northern Hydromyine · Northern Paraleptomys · Northern Rat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:54236

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=71f29f71-71dc-4752-b99f-52b95eb290b5

Type locality

"Mount Dafonsero, Cyclops Mountains, northeastern Dutch New Guinea [= Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), New Guinea]. Altitude 4,700 feet [= 1433 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003244

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.

Paraleptomys rufilatus

Osgood, 1945

Family

Muridae

Root name

rufilatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:54236

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=71f29f71-71dc-4752-b99f-52b95eb290b5

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4236298

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16121/22419478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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