White-toothed brush mouse

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White-toothed brush mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Brassomys
Musser & Lunde, 2009 [2]
Species:
B. albidens
Binomial name
Brassomys albidens
(Tate, 1951)

The white-toothed brush mouse (Brassomys albidens), also known as the white-toothed melomys or white-toothed mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [2] It is found only in West Papua, Indonesia. [2] [1] It is the only species in genus Brassomys. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

The species was initially described in genus Melomys , but was then placed in the genus Coccymys . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Helgen, K.; Wright, D. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Brassomys albidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T5042A114119902. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T5042A114119902.en .
  2. 1 2 3 4 Musser, Guy G.; Lunde, Darrin P. (2009). "Systematic Reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and "Melomys" Albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of New Taxa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 329: 1–139. doi:10.1206/635.1. S2CID   83872559.
  3. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Species Coccymys albidens". 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.