Pogonomys fergussoniensis

Laurie, 1952

D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago 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

Laurie, E.M.O. 1952. Mammals collected by Mr. Shaw Mayer in New Guinea, 1932–1949. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)1(10):269-318.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262460

Original name as described

Pogonomys fergussoniensis

Other common names

D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago Pogonomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1175

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7bd40b7b-29a0-4286-b7e6-b4be12fdf924

Type locality

Saibutu, Awabula District, Fergusson Island, d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

the species was moved to the recently described genus Macropogonomys by R. T. Hoser; this arrangement is not followed here pending further investigation

Taxonomy notes citation

Hoser, R. T. (2020). An overdue break-up of the genus Pogonomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 (Mammalia: Muridae) into two genera and the formal naming of five long overlooked species. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 49: 42-63.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003259

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.

Pogonomys fergussoniensis

Laurie, 1952

Family

Muridae

Root name

fergussoniensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1175

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7bd40b7b-29a0-4286-b7e6-b4be12fdf924

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262460

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136763/22431006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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