Pseudohydromys ellermani

(Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954)

Shaw Mayer's Shrew 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Laurie, E.M.O. and Hill, J.E. 1954-06-30. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758–1952. British Museum, London, 175 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635728

Original name as described

Mayermys ellermani

Other common names

One-toothed Shrew Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1953.277

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e4db7aa1-8024-4f23-9c1d-5400aef41a57

Type locality

"Northern slopes of Mt Wilhelm, Bismarck Range, North-East [Papua] New Guinea, 8000 ft [= 2438 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

has been included under Mayeramys, but is now included under Pseudohydromys

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M. (2005). A new species of murid rodent (genus Mayermys) from south-eastern New Guinea. Mammalian Biology, 70(1), 61-67. · 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003267

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.

Mayermys ellermani

(Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ellermani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1953.277

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e4db7aa1-8024-4f23-9c1d-5400aef41a57

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635728

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Pseudohydromys ellermani

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

ellermani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48019838/22410741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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