Pseudohydromys musseri

(Flannery, 1989)

Torricelli Mountains 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

Flannery, T.F. 1989. _Microhydromys musseri_ n. sp., a new murid (Mammalia) from the Torricelli Mountains. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(3):215-222.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34929589

Original name as described

Microhydromys musseri

Other common names

Musser's Shrew Mouse

Type material

BPBM VZ-BBM-NG 101737

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-ng?id=8679ee50-1304-4139-b190-f2b1be3b546a

Type locality

"near summit of Mt Somoro, Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik Province, 1350 m."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003271

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.

Microhydromys musseri

(Flannery, 1989)

Family

Muridae

Root name

musseri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BPBM VZ-BBM-NG 101737

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-ng?id=8679ee50-1304-4139-b190-f2b1be3b546a

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34929589

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pseudohydromys musseri

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

musseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

711

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42646/22459332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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