Pseudohydromys

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Pseudohydromys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Pseudohydromys
Rümmler, 1934
Type species
Pseudohydromys murinus
Species

Pseudohydromys berniceae Pseudohydromys carlae Pseudohydromys eleanorae Pseudohydromys ellermani
Pseudohydromys fuscus
Pseudohydromys germani
Pseudohydromys murinus
Pseudohydromys musseri Pseudohydromys occidentalis Pseudohydromys patriciae Pseudohydromys pumehanae Pseudohydromys sandrae

Synonyms

Mayermys Laurie & Hill, 1954
Neohydromys Laurie, 1952

Pseudohydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to New Guinea. It contains the following species: [1]

It was not until a 2009 revision that a general idea of the true taxonomic content of this genus was realized.

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Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie Isserlis was a British mammalogist.

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References

  1. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Helgen, Kristofer M.; Helgen, Lauren E. (2009). "Chapter 8. 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. doi:10.1206/582-8.1.