Grey pogonomelomys

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Grey pogonomelomys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pogonomelomys
Species:
P. brassi
Binomial name
Pogonomelomys brassi
Tate & Archbold, 1941

The grey pogonomelomys (Pogonomelomys brassi) [1] [2] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [1]

Taxonomy

This species was formerly included as a subspecies of Pogonomelomys bruijnii (Lowland brush mouse). [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K. (2017). "Pogonomelomys brassi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T136660A22449087. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136660A22449087.en .
  2. "Pogonomelomys brassi (id=1003255)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. Helgen, K.M. (2006). "A taxonomic and geographic overview of the mammals of Papua". In Marshall, A.J.; Beehler, B.M (eds.). The Ecology of Papua. Singapore: Periplus Editions. pp. 689–749. ISBN   978-0-7946-0393-9.