Pogonomelomys brassi

Tate & Archbold, 1941

Brass's Brush 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 : Pogonomelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

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

Pogonomelomys bruijnii brassi

Other common names

Brass's Pogonomelomys · Gray Pogonomelomys

Type material

AMNH M-105033

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-105033

Type locality

"Oroville Camp, Upper Fly River, 30 miles above d'Albertis Junction; altitude 60 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

split from P. bruijnii

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Wright, D., Allison, A. & Aplin, K. 2017. Pogonomelomys brassi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T136660A22449087. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136660A22449087.en. Downloaded on 13 August 2020.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003255

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.

Pogonomelomys bruijnii brassi

Tate & Archbold, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

brassi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-105033

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-105033

Authority page

6

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pogonomelomys brassi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

brassi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

705

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136660/22449087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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