Title
A review of Microhydromys (Rodentia, Murinae), with description of a new species from southern New Guinea
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3676
By
Helgen, Kristofer M.
Leary, Tanya.
Aplin, K. P. (Kenneth Peter), 1958-
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2010
Notes
Caption title.
"March 4, 2010."
The murine rodent genus Microhydromys Tate and Archbold, 1941, includes the smallest of the native rodents of New Guinea and is the rarest Australo-Papuan rodent genus preserved in world museums. We discuss the morphological characteristics of Microhydromys and diagnose two species in the genus: M. richardsoni Tate and Archbold, 1941, distributed over northern New Guinea, and M. argenteus, n. sp., recorded from three localities in southern New Guinea. The only other species previously classified in the genus--Microhydromys musseri Flannery, 1989--is re-allocated to the genus Pseudohydromys Rümmler, 1934. The little available information relating to their biology indicates the species of Microhydromys to be terrestrial inhabitants of foothill and lower montane forest formations and probably naturally rare in those environments.
Subjects
Classification
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Mammals
,
Microhydromys
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Microhydromys argenteus
,
Muridae
,
New Guinea
,
Rodents
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3676 2010
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
547616867
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