Pseudohydromys germani

(K. M. Helgen, 2005)

German's One-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. 2005. A new species of murid rodent (genus Mayermys) from south-eastern New Guinea. Mammalian Biology 70(1):61-67.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1078/1616-5047-00176

Original name as described

Mayermys germani

Type material

AM M.29245

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Munimun Village (09°53' S, 149°23' E), 1300 m, near Agaun (Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

recently described under Mayermys and moved to 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003269

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 germani

(K. M. Helgen, 2005)

Family

Muridae

Root name

germani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.29245

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Mammalian Biology

Pseudohydromys germani

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

germani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

710

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136523/22410827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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