Pseudohydromys murinus

H. Rümmler, 1934

Eastern New Guinea 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

Rümmler, H. 1934. Eine neue Muridengattung aus dem Hochgebirge Neuguineas. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 9:47-48.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45372066

Original name as described

Pseudohydromys murinus

Other common names

Eastern Shrew Mouse

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:29904

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:29904

Type locality

"Morobe, Mt. Misim [= Missim], 7000 Fuß [= feet] [= 2134 m], Nordost-Newguinea [= NE Papua New Guinea] (Brit. N.-G.).»

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003270

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.

Pseudohydromys murinus

H. Rümmler, 1934

Family

Muridae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:29904

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:29904

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45372066

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48265359/115400710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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