Pogonomys championi

Flannery, 1988

Champion's Tree 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 : Pogonomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Flannery, T.F. 1988-12-31. _Pogonomys championi_ n.sp., a new murid (Rodentia) from montane western Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 40(6):333-341.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.159

Original name as described

Pogonomys championi

Other common names

Champion's Pogonomys

Type material

AM M.13502

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ofektaman, 1400 m, Telefomin Valley, Sandaun Provomce, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003258

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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.

Pogonomys championi

Flannery, 1988

Family

Muridae

Root name

championi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.13502

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17882/115141317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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