Pogonomys macrourus

A. Milne-Edwards, 1877

Chestnut 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

Milne-Edwards, A. 1877. Note sur quelques mammifères nouveaux provenant de la Nouvelle-Guinée. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 85:1079-1081.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4006316

Original name as described

Pogonomys macrourus

Other common names

Chestnut Pogonomys · Prehensile-tailed Mouse · Soft-haired Tree Mouse · Tree Mouse

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1877-1473

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1877-1473

Type locality

Amberbaki, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

Taxonomy notes

tentatively included mollipilosus, which has been used for the Australian form but is based on a New Guinean specimen of uncertain affinities; R. T. Hoser recently elevated mollipilosus to species level and described a number of taxa under a recently described genus (Macropogonomys), including M. maxhoseri (with subspecies blacki and gedyei), which are retained as synoyms of P. macrourus 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003261

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 macrourus

A. Milne-Edwards, 1877

Family

Muridae

Root name

macrourus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1877-1473

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1877-1473

Authority page

1081

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4006316

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Musser & Carleton (1993:642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17884/115141567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus mollipilosus

(W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1881)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mollipilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG 3491

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

698

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29845135

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pogonomys lepidus

O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.8.7.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2c71add-4ddf-4276-9da1-b1072437feac

Authority page

614

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785836

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pogonomys lepidus derimapa

Tate & Archbold, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

derimapa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-101963

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-101963

Authority page

7

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pogonomys lepidus huon

Tate & Archbold, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

huon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-79763

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-79763

Authority page

6

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pogonomys mollipilosus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

mollipilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

280

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Macropogonomys maxhoseri blacki

(Hoser, 2020)

Family

Muridae

Root name

blacki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

rejectedbyfiat

Type

AM M.23119

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

Macropogonomys maxhoseri gedyei

(Hoser, 2020)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gedyei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

rejectedbyfiat

Type

QM JM2354, QM JM2355

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

Macropogonomys maxhoseri

(Hoser, 2020)

Family

Muridae

Root name

maxhoseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

rejectedbyfiat

Type

QM JM407

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

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