Pogonomys loriae
O. Thomas, 1897
Loria'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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1897-12-14. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XIX. On the mammals obtained in British New Guinea by Dr. Lamberto Loria. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 38:606-622.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785835Original name as described
Pogonomys loriae
Other common names
Large Tree Mouse · Loria's Pogonomys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1897.8.7.47, MSNG 3492
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/60b52283-9baa-4717-b8bf-34815714f07bType locality
Haveri, 700 m, near Mount Wori, mountains behind Astrolabe Range, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
the species was moved to the recently described genus Macropogonomys by R. T. Hoser, who also described the species M. mickpughi, M. mippughae, and M. aplini from populations of P. loriae; 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
Least Concern
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