Pseudohydromys carlae

K. M. Helgen & L. E. Helgen, 2009

Huon Small-toothed Moss 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 : Pseudohydromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Helgen, K.M. and Helgen, L.E. 2009-12-15. Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: A taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:230-313.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1206/582-8.1

Original name as described

Pseudohydromys carlae

Type material

BPBM VZ-BBM-NG 104864

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-ng?id=a3de1e83-5008-4bfb-a849-253d3ba7ce75

Type locality

"Teptep Patrol Post (Teptep = 05°57.2'S, 146°33.7'E, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea ...), 2560 m, Finisterre Range, Huon Peninsula."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M., & Helgen, L. E. (2009). Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: a taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 331, 230-313.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003265

Country distribution map

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