Paraleptomys wilhelmina

Tate & Archbold, 1941

Short-haired 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

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

Paraleptomys wilhelmina

Other common names

Central Cordilleran Paraleptomys · Short-haired Hydromyine

Type material

AMNH M-150512

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-150512

Type locality

"9 kilometers NE. of Lake Habbema, near Mt. Wilhelmina [Snow Mountains (Pegunungan Maoke)], Netherlands New Guinea [= Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), New Guinea]; altitude 2800 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003245

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 wilhelmina

Tate & Archbold, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

wilhelmina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-150512

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-150512

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:223) (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 (2017:703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16122/115131430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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