Pogonomelomys mayeri

(W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1932)

Shaw Mayer'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rothschild, W., 2nd Baron Rothschild and Dollman, G. 1932-11-22. New mammals from Dutch New Guinea. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 353:13-15.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb01559.x

Original name as described

Melomys mayeri

Other common names

Shaw Mayer's Pogonomelomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1933.6.1.42

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6fbb70a1-6deb-4217-8df4-f4a74c7cec6c

Type locality

Gebroeders Mountains, 5000 ft (1524 m), Weyland Range, Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), Indonesia..

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003257

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.

Melomys mayeri

(W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1932)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mayeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1933.6.1.42

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6fbb70a1-6deb-4217-8df4-f4a74c7cec6c

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pogonomelomys mayeri

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

mayeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17878/22449181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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