Pseudohydromys fuscus

(Laurie, 1952)

Mottled-tailed 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. 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/2262593

Original name as described

Neohydromys fuscus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1736

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ba37f4ea-8aff-43ab-a6c1-35980bc8dc25

Type locality

"High northern slopes Mt. Wilhelm, Bismarck Range, NE. New [Papua] Guinea, 9000–10,000 feet [= 2743–3048 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003268

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.

Neohydromys fuscus

(Laurie, 1952)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1736

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ba37f4ea-8aff-43ab-a6c1-35980bc8dc25

Authority page

311

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262593

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Pseudohydromys fuscus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

fuscus

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 (2017:710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14528/22410650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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